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Author Danielle Evans: Dealing with History through Fiction

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Exploring complexities through short stories: a conversation with author and 2020 NEA Literature Fellow Danielle Evans

Bought by KMUN, WMPG, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KECG and more

The National Endowment for the Arts celebrates author Mat Johnson

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Mat Johnson takes a satirical look at race and identity.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNJR, and KVSC

863: Docupoetry / 864: Discovering America's Black DNA, 1/13/2024

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Docupoetry" - Have you ever wished there was a different way to read – or hear - the news? For generations, through wars and political u...

835: Astonishing African Futures / 836: You're Not OK. That's OK., 10/7/2023

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Astonishing African Futures" - The new Black Panther movie, "Wakanda Forever," dominated the global box office. This hour, a literary ta...

813: In Search Of Real Food / 814: Telling A Life, 7/22/2023

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "In Search Of Real Food" - Supermarkets are designed to make you think you have a lot of choices. But do you? This hour, reclaiming real ...

2021 National Book Award Winner Tiya Miles Turns Her Hand to Fiction

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Tiya Miles, Credit: Stephanie Mitchell

2011 MacArthur Fellow, 2021 National Book Award winner, historian, and novelist Tiya Miles discusses how fiction and history meet in her novel.

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KZUM, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago

Let's Hear from Pulitzer Prize-winning Poet Jericho Brown

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Jericho Brown, Credit: Brian Cornelius

Jericho Brown reads and discusses his work, his creative process, and Black queer poetry’s capacity to expand concepts of love

Bought by WMPG, WSLR, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZUM and more

MN Reads: "To Be Free" with Author Marlene Wisuri

From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads

Author Marlene Wisuri talks about the latest edition of "To Be Free"

Revisiting Ecopoet Camille T. Dungy

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Camille T Dungy, Credit: Beowulf Sheehan

Ecopoet and two-time NEA Literature Fellow Camille T Dungy discusses how history and race complicates nature writing

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The Write Question - Prince Shakur

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question

Writer, activist, and organizer Prince Shakur discusses his debut memoir, "When They Tell You To Be Good" (Tin House Books).

Bought by KSJD, Yellowstone Public Radio, WETS, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KVNF and more

The Past American Voice of Former California Poet Laureate Al Young

From: New Letters on the Air

We continue Black History Month with the Past American Voice of Al Young, the two-time American Book Award winner, who passed away in 2021 at age 8...

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP

Anthony Grooms

From: New Letters on the Air

This week on NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR... Anthony Grooms is a two-time winner of the Lillian Smith Book Prize, given to writers who tackle issues of ...

MN Reads: "The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself" by David Mura

From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads

Author David Mura talks about his new book "The Stories Whiteness Tells Itself"

In Good Faith - Dr. Jean P. Kelly & Danny Duncan Collum

From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: In Good Faith

Personal accounts on increased devotion after life experiences elicited change

Bought by RadioStPete Florida

749: Astonishing African Futures / 750: Thinking With Animals, 12/10/2022

From: Wisconsin Public Radio
Series: To the Best of Our Knowledge

HOUR ONE: "Astonishing African Futures" - The new Black Panther movie, "Wakanda Forever," is dominating the global box office. This hour, a litera...

Prize-winning author and educator Renée Watson talks writing for young people.

From: National Endowment for the Arts

What goes into writing for young adults? In this 2019 interview, prize-winning author and educator Renée Watson shares a few ideas!

Pulitzer Prize Winner Leonard Pitts Jr.

From: New Letters on the Air

Writer Leonard Pitts Jr. talks about race, family, and the process of writing his syndicated column which won him a Pulitzer Prize in 2004. Pitts a...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WJCU

The Write Question - Geffrey Davis - ENCORE

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question

We revisit a conversation with award-winning poet Geffrey Davis about his collection, "Night Angler." He also reads several poems from the collection.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Yellowstone Public Radio, WETS, KNCT FM, and Spokane Public Radio

The Write Question - Charmaine Wilkerson

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question

Writer Charmaine Wilkerson discusses her bestselling debut novel, "Black Cake."

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WETS, Yellowstone Public Radio and more

Saluting Zora Neale Hurston and her biographer the late Valerie Boyd

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Valerie Boyd, Credit: Courtesy: Valerie Boyd

We’re marking Women’s history month by replaying my in-depth interview with the late Valerie Boyd who wrote the acclaimed “Wrapped in Rainbows: the...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KZUM, RadioFreePalmer, KWMR, Spokane Public Radio and more

Kingsley Tufts Award-winning Poet Patricia Smith: Part 2

From: New Letters on the Air

Patricia Smith, a 2017 National Endowment for the Arts fellow and the 2018 winner of the coveted Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, is now the 2021 Ruth...

Bought by WDCB

Poet and NAACP Image Award Winner Patricia Smith: Part 1

From: New Letters on the Air

For Black History Month, we'll hear from Patricia Smith, the author of eight poetry books and the 2021 winner of the Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize for li...

Bought by WDCB

The Write Question - Anthony W. Wood

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question

Historian Anthony W. Wood discusses his new book, "Black Montana Settler Colonialism and the Erosion of the Racial Frontier, 1877-1930."

Bought by KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Spokane Public Radio

Kansas City Poet Stanley Banks

From: New Letters on the Air

Kansas City poet Stanley E. Banks reads from his collected poems, BLUE BEAT SYNCOPATION, and talks about overcoming the hardships of growing up in ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)

Babo In the Sunshine: Herman Melville and the Tryal Rebellion

From: WFHB
Series: Interchange

Caption: Anthony Imbert. Wrapper illustration for “Life in Philadelphia” (ca. 1829-30).

Today we revisit the great novella of Herman Melville, “Benito Cereno,” serialized in 1855 in Putnam’s Magazine. Written with the US Civil War on t...

Bought by RADIOLEX

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