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Basque writer Unai Elorriaga and Amaia Gabantxo, translator of Elorriaga's novel Plants Don’t Drink Coffee, discuss the book as well as the art of ...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2011
  • Length: 25:51
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How many Victorian books would you have to read to know the Victorians? What if you could read all 1.7 million?

  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 28:57
Caption: Anthony Burgess by David Levine, from The New York Review of Books
First, we join biographer John Szwed in thanking the eccentric musical anthropologist Alan Lomax for his rare recordings of early twentieth century...

Bought by KRVS, KPIP-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KXOT Public Radio, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 17, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 5
Caption: Ryan Witt
What if you were a superhero that had a completely undesirable power? Today on Art Beat we visit with a Winona local who is creating a character th...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2010
  • Length: 32:24
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Jerry Stahl is a novelist, essayist, and screenwriter living in Los Angeles.

  • Added: Jul 12, 2010
  • Length: 31:22
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Jonny Porkpie is a novelist, burlesque impressario, and the self-proclaimed Burlesque Mayor of New York. He is married to the burlesque artist Na...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2009
  • Length: 29:21
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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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A novelist, poet, and furniture maker, Jim Nisbet lives in San Francisco.

  • Added: Sep 10, 2009
  • Length: 31:07
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Dealers of Americana talk about the allure of old books.

Bought by Remix Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, KUOW, and WBHM


  • Added: Apr 20, 2009
  • Length: 04:17
  • Purchases: 4
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In this interview country music songwriting legend talks about growing up in rural Florida and how it affected him as a songwriter.

  • Added: May 05, 2007
  • Length: 16:24