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What does children's book author Dav Pilkey have in common with Mark Twain, John Steinbeck, and Maya Angelou? His books, like theirs, appear on the...

  • Added: Oct 05, 2016
  • Length: 16:13
Caption: Stephen Thomas Oney and his cast rehearse for a live broadcast of “The Legacy of Euriah Pillar” at the University of Portland, Maine, Credit: Stephen Thomas Oney
For many, Cape Cod means sunshine and sandy beaches. But to one West Barnstable writer and producer, the Cape means foggy cemeteries at night, dang...

  • Added: May 26, 2016
  • Length: 04:36
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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
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Congressman Brad Ashford reads from Rainbow Rowell's unlikely romance "Eleanor & Park". Kids from the Book Worm Girls book club discuss the book.

  • Added: Sep 15, 2015
  • Length: 21:03
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Danny Klecko runs a bakery in Saint Paul. Many of his poems are written while he bakes for capitol city and he's had help with his writing and reco...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2014
  • Length: 01:38
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XPRESSIONS is a series of short, light-hearted features about the origin of popular phrases & sayings of every sort.

  • Added: Jun 09, 2014
  • Length: 01:41
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by Alex Mehrtens: The mind of the writer is filled with words. But not every writer can concentrate with another person's voice bumping out of thei...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2013
  • Length: 01:40
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In the Erotic Memoir Novel LAURA MEETS JEFFREY written from two perspectives - Jeffrey Michaelson and Laura Bradley detail their lives during the N...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 11:42
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The 16th U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan talks about what led her to become a poet at 19, how she justifies and legitimizes being a poet to herself and...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 28:56
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Amy Sedaris voices a spot about her book "I Like You", a thank you gift for $120 pledge.

  • Added: Jun 30, 2009
  • Length: 01:10