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KERA Commentary: The Tropic of Censor
From: KERA
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Controversy at a Texas high school over Henry Miller's "Tropic of Cancer"

  • Added: Apr 11, 2007
  • Length: 03:20
Remembering Poetry: The Alzheimer's Poetry Project
From: Don McIver
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An Hourlong Radio Documentary examining the Alzheimer's Poetry Project

Bought by KRZA, KSJD, WEKU, Yellowstone Public Radio, WSKG and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2007
  • Length: 59:03
  • Purchases: 7
"Kill the Editor" by Kim Truong
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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There is an editor within each of us, and sometimes that editor needs to be killed. This poet is a student at Maine East High School (Park Ridge,...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:26
The Scrotum and the Culture Wars
From: Merle Kessler
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The word "scrotum" is used in a children's book. Controversy ensues.

Bought by KRCC-FM and KUSP


  • Added: Mar 16, 2007
  • Length: 02:15
  • Purchases: 2
What's the Word? Women Public Intellectuals
From: Modern Language Association
Series: What' s the Word? - A series of half-hour programs to celebrate Women's History Month in March
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While men of letters have traditionally achieved the influential position of public intellectual, in the twentieth century a number of important wo...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WLIW, WNMU-FM, WLIW, CHSR-FM 97.9 and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2007
  • Length: 29:45
  • Purchases: 17
Inside Out Literary Arts
From: Zak Rosen
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creative writing in detroit public schools

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 07, 2006
  • Length: 11:03
  • Purchases: 1
New York City's 8th Annual Teen Poetry Slam, Hosted by Urban Word
From: WFUV
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Interviews and orations by the New York City poetry scene's newest and youngest voices.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Mar 15, 2006
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 1
23rd february - Russian: Alona on Georg Handel
From: Alona Suvórova
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Birthday piece

  • Added: Feb 23, 2006
  • Length: 02:48
Writing medicine
From: Susan Johnston
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Physician and author Vincent Lam talks with Susan Johnston about his first short story collection, "Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures"

  • Added: Feb 17, 2006
  • Length: 14:50
Poetry for Peace (Peace Talks Radio Series)
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes
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Poets from across the country offer up their words on the subject of "peace" at a special reading held at the 2005 National Poetry Slam Chapionship...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Jan 18, 2006
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Jan 3: Russian: Alona on JRR Tolkien
From: Alona Suvórova
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Birthday piece

  • Added: Jan 06, 2006
  • Length: 02:34
What's the Word? Petrarch and Love Poetry
From: Modern Language Association
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A look at how many contemporary ideas about love come from the love sonnets of fourteenth-century Italian poet Francesco Petrarch

Bought by KVSC, WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2006
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 9
Russian: Alona on Jane Austin
From: Alona Suvórova
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Birthday of this famous writer

  • Added: Dec 19, 2005
  • Length: 01:52
Russian: Alona on Emily Dickinson
From: Alona Suvórova
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Alona on this famous poet

  • Added: Dec 10, 2005
  • Length: 02:14
Until the Fat Lady Sings
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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The expression "the opera ain't over until the fat lady sings" gained national attention in 1978.

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and WUAL


  • Added: Jul 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 2
Dressed to the Nines
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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"Dressed to the nines," like so many English idioms, is a mysterious expression.

  • Added: Jul 19, 2005
  • Length: 02:02
Amazon
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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Who were the original Amazons, and why do they share a name with the South American river and the bookselling giant amazon.com?

Bought by KVNF


  • Added: Jul 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
  • Purchases: 1
Rule of Thumb
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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The genesis of the phrase "rule of thumb" is uncertain.

  • Added: Apr 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
Good Samaritan
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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The story behind the coinage of the common expression "good Samaritan."

  • Added: Apr 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:03
Best Laid Plans
From: Chrysti M. Smith
Series: Chrysti the Wordsmith
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A discussion of the origin of the expression "the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry."

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and KHSU


  • Added: Apr 15, 2005
  • Length: 02:02
  • Purchases: 2
What's the Word? Poet Michael S. Harper on the Poet's Art
From: Modern Language Association
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Michael S. Harper talks about what he teaches in his poetry classes and reads some his favorite poems.

Bought by WLIW, KUER, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2005
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 8
Poetry Combine
From: Hearing Voices
Series: Larry Massett stories
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Street poets meet student poets in New Orleans

Bought by KVNF, New Hampshire Public Radio, KALW, KZYX, WSLR and more


  • Added: Mar 20, 2005
  • Length: 08:06
  • Purchases: 13
Barry, Bob & Me
From: Brian Beatty
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An aspiring writer discovers that inspiration and imitation aren't the same thing.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2005
  • Length: 04:00
A Celebration of Southwest Storytellers Part 3: Rina Swentzell, Demetria Martinez, and John Nichols
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Caption: Demetria Martinez
A multi-cultural trio of notable New Mexico writers - Rina Swentzell, Demetria Martinez, and John Nichols - are featured in the third installment ...

Bought by KUNM, KRZA, KUT, and WUFT


  • Added: Nov 21, 2004
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 4

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