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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
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
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
Caption: Frank O'Hara
American poet Frank O'Hara got into trouble with his overbearing mother.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2016
  • Length: :58
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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 23, 2014
  • Length: 01:27
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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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The smell of a book can like that of a lover - musky and old with experience, brand new, immature and innocent. Or, knowledgeable and hard-covered....

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 09, 2012
  • Length: 06:31
  • Purchases: 1