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Bhoot Chaturdashi
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Bugarik, a serpent with a human head part of "Ghosts, Monsters and Demons of India.", Credit: Courtesy of the artist, Samita.
First comes Halloween, and a few days later is Diwali (the Festival of Lights) and in between is Bhoot Chaturdashi! When the doors between this wor...

  • Added: Nov 02, 2021
  • Length: 06:00
Happy Birthday Mother Teresa
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
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Last week Kolkata was busy celebrating a birthday with flowers, candles, cards and songs. It was Mother Teresa’s 106th birthday/ By the time the n...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2016
  • Length: 06:00
E. E. Cummings & Krazy Kat
From: Facts About Fiction
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An unusual and irreverent comic strip about a misfit cat served as inspiration to 20th century poet e e cummings.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: :58
J. California Cooper
From: Facts About Fiction
Caption: J. California Cooper, Credit: Ellen Banner / The New York Times
J. California Cooper loved playing with paper dolls--even as an adult.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 01:00
E.B. White
From: Facts About Fiction
Caption: Charlotte
Responding to his editor about why he wrote his most famous children's novel, E.B. White replied in characteristic good humor.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: :58
Frank O'Hara
From: Facts About Fiction
Caption: Frank O'Hara
American poet Frank O'Hara got into trouble with his overbearing mother.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: :58
Vision
From: Joan Schuman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Part of the audio sketch series, Micro-Texts, exploring culture and technology.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2006
  • Length: 02:01
Skin Stories
From: Joan Schuman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Relationships to skin: an artful approach to dealing with pride and self-destruction.

  • Added: Jul 11, 2006
  • Length: 01:33