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Sun, Stone, and Shadows: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Today we hear stories by two giants of Mexican literature, Octavio Paz and Carlos Fuentes. The former is read by actor Tony Plana; the latter by th...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KPIP-LP, WABE, and KQED


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 52:59
  • Purchases: 4
A Conversation with Julia Alvarez
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Writer Julia Alvarez discusses how her life as a reader led to her life as a writer and the rich source material she finds in her family's immigran...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 22:05
  • Purchases: 1
Living among the dead: life in a mortuary
From: KALW
Caption: Rebecca Fisher is the author of "All the Wrong Places," a novel based on her time living in a mortuary
Imagine living in one of the quietest places possible, a place where you can hear a pin drop. A place where no one else is living but you. A mortua...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 03, 2011
  • Length: 07:42
  • Purchases: 1
Jane Austen, July 18, 1817
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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More of what listeners want to know about the British novelist who produced six classic novels in a lifespan of just 47 years. She's been dead for ...

  • Added: Jul 11, 2011
  • Length: 03:00
Ann Patchett's State of Wonder
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Writers on a New England Stage
Caption: Author Ann Patchett
An hour long reading and interview with Ann Patchett recorded in front of a live audience at the Portsmouth Music Hall in June, 2011.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 53:30
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with Author Wayne Quist
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Interview about Quist's novel God's Angry Man, the true story of a Minnesota boy orphaned at age seven during te Greaat Depression and indentured a...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jun 02, 2011
  • Length: 17:57
  • Purchases: 1
I Write Because . . .
From: Jeff Deitchman
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Ask people why they write and you'll hear many reasons. Here are some I hadn't expected.

  • Added: Feb 03, 2010
  • Length: 03:00
The Wright Brothers' Sister
From: With Good Reason
Caption: Orville, Katharine and Wilbur Wright, Credit: Library of Congress
Why you've never heard of the Wright Brothers' sister, Katharine.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
Hey Stelllllllaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!!!!!
From: Marie Lovejoy
Series: WWOZ's Street Talk
Caption: Winning Contestant Nolan McGahan, Credit: Eli Pritykin
Contestants rip their shirts, fall to their knees and cry for Stella in the annual Stanley and Stella Shouting Contest in New Orleans Jackson Square.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2009
  • Length: 05:36
Tell Me A Story: Author Performances by ZZ Packer and Julie Orringer
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: Tell Me A Story
Caption: ZZ Packer, Credit: Marion Ettlinger
Contemporary short stories, performed by two prize-winning young women writers. ZZ Packer has "Brownies," about violence that brews when white girl...

  • Added: Mar 19, 2009
  • Length: 56:17
The Drama Hour Christmas Carol Redux
From: The Drama Hour
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An original comedic adaptation of the Charles Dickens classic.

Bought by WEZU and KDUR


  • Added: Dec 24, 2008
  • Length: 59:09
  • Purchases: 2
Take Your Seats, Class!
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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The inner secrets of a comma, a writer, a teacher.

  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:24
People Who Get Our Goat
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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The characters we tell stories about, our unforgettables

  • Added: Nov 13, 2008
  • Length: 03:07
Every Family Has a Legend
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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Legends, how we remember.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:02
Fun, Intentional or Not
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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Fun can happen by mistake.

Bought by KMXT


  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:43
  • Purchases: 1
The Many Worlds of Fantasy
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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The mind is a cave

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:34
Packets of Dreams
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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Dreams wrapped in curious packages

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:34
King of Methlehem - Mark Lindquist
From: KUOW
Series: Sound Focus
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Novelist and prosecuting attorney Mark Lindquist dives deep into the world of meth dealers in his new novel, The King of Methlehem. KRAK

  • Added: Jul 31, 2008
  • Length: 18:25
Thom Steinbeck Shares His Father John Steinbeck's Ways of Encouraging Reading
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Thom Steinbeck, son of novelist John Steinbeck, discusses his father's unique method of encouraging his sons to read.

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Theme of Revival in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Novelist Alice Walker discusses the theme of revival in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God."

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Willing for Trouble: Profile of Tibetan Poet & Freedom Fighter Tenzin Tsundue
From: The Tibet Connection
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Interview with a poet-activist who is inspiring a new generation of Tibetan youth

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Mar 14, 2008
  • Length: 10:10
  • Purchases: 1
Is This The End of Harry Potter?
From: Bill Slammon
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Narration with vox pop interviews of kids and adults about the last Harry Potter book.

Bought by WXLV-FM and The PRX Podcast


  • Added: Jul 19, 2007
  • Length: 05:55
  • Purchases: 2
Conversation with Norman Mailer
From: Julie Subrin
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With a new novel out, Norman Mailer proffers his views on Hitler, the Devil, E. M. Forster, and how Texas Hold'Em has taught him to be more than a ...

  • Added: Jan 30, 2007
  • Length: 16:05
gnome - word of the day
From: Charles Hodgson
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The story behind the word "gnome"

  • Added: Nov 13, 2006
  • Length: 02:48
march 7 2005
From: Gordon McDougall
Series: Poem for Today
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4-minute poetry program

  • Added: Mar 10, 2006
  • Length: 04:00