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Steve Wilson on Fulbright ON
From: Daris Hale
Series: Fulbright On
Caption: Steve Wilson
Prof. Steve Wilson tells about his Fulbright experiences in Romania and Slovenia

  • Added: Apr 13, 2016
  • Length: 09:56
Family Histories
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Summer with the Bard
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Kathleen Finneran talks about the writing process of her memoir, The Tender Land: A Family Love Story, and the memories that inspired it.

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 13:44
A Life in Verse
From: Hold That Thought
Series: Retellings
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Poet Carl Phillips explores how life influences the creation of his poetry. Professor Timothy Moore then takes us back to ancient Greece and how an...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 20:05
North Carolina Novelist David Joy, “Where All Light Tends To Go”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This southern noir tale is the intimate story of 18-year-old Jacob McNeely whose daddy controls the crystal meth business in a small town in rural ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 20, 2016
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 2
Justice Scalia vacates the Court
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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America's formidable guardian of the Constitution, Justice Antonin Scalia, is dead...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2016
  • Length: 02:22:45
Poet and Professor Ellen Bryant Voigt
From: New Letters on the Air
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A 2015 MacArthur "Genius" Fellow Ellen Bryant Voigt talks with fellow poet and professor, Michelle Boisseau, about her collection HEADWATERS. Voigt...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 30:30
  • Purchases: 1
Bowie, Jefferson's Declaration Day & Elongated Skulls
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Space tribute to Ziggy Stardust, the State of Jefferson is declared from the West steps of California's capitol and elongated skulls found by arche...

  • Added: Jan 16, 2016
  • Length: 02:20:36
Art Beat Presents: " Rachael Hanel "
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat, we visit with a Minnesota author who grew up in Waseca. This individual recently published a memoir. We visit with Rac...

  • Added: Dec 28, 2015
  • Length: 29:02
A Christmas Carol
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Jacob Marley, Ebenezer Scrooge and company -- and several spirits -- tell a tale of redemption...

  • Added: Dec 20, 2015
  • Length: 02:51:09
The Write Question - Kim Heacox - 256
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Kim Heacox talks about and reads from his novel 'Jimmy Bluefeather,' winner of the 2015 National Outdoor Book Award for literary fiction.

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


  • Added: Dec 10, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
This Moment is Worth It
From: Jonathan Hirsch
Series: ARRVLS
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When Thanksgiving arrived in 2008, Robert found himself struggling with a tangled mess of emotions. The economic crisis in the U.S., big changes at...

  • Added: Dec 05, 2015
  • Length: 31:20
Poets Greg Field and Denise Low
From: New Letters on the Air
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We conclude Native American Heritage Month with Greg Field and Denise Low. Drawing upon their Native heritage, Greg Field reads from his 2014 book ...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WMUU-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Dec 02, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Candace Simar on Writing Historical Fiction
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Cover Designed by Riverplace
A shelterbelt is a line of trees, meant to protect from the wind and snow. Farmers plant them to keep fields from eroding or topsoil from blowing a...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2015
  • Length: 15:07
  • Purchases: 1
An African-American poet's tribute...
From: Peter Johnson
Series: THE AUTHOR'S CORNER ON PUBLIC RADIO: NOVEMBER, 2015
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...To her late Eritrean-American husband, Ficre -- a painter, chef, and loving father -- in Elizabeth Alexander's new memoir, The Light Of The Worl...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
The Write Question - Annick Smith - 257
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Annick Smith talks about and reads from her memoir 'Crossing the Plains with Bruno.' She also comments on the importance of story during life trans...

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


  • Added: Nov 13, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
THANKSGIVING POEMS: "First Thanksgiving" by Sharon Olds
From: The Poetry Foundation
Caption: PRX default Piece image
A poem about Thanksgiving by Sharon Olds, read by Eliza Foss

  • Added: Nov 05, 2015
  • Length: 01:47
The Write Question - Amy Ragsdale - 255
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Amy Ragsdale talks about the year she and her family spent in a small town in northeastern Brazil, and the memoir she wrote about their experiences...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KCMJ Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 12, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
Chilean-American author Marjorie Agosin
From: New Letters on the Air
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The author of the 2015 International Latino Book Award-winning young adult novel, I LIVED ON BUTTERFLY HILL, Marjorie Agosín has always felt outsid...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WNJR


  • Added: Oct 01, 2015
  • Length: 30:30
  • Purchases: 2
MN Reads: The War Came Home With Him: A Daughter's Memoir
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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We visit with editor, journalist and author Catherine Madison, whose latest book, The War Came Home with Him: A Daughter's Memoir has just been pub...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Sep 10, 2015
  • Length: 07:49
  • Purchases: 2
Mars
From: Rob MacClanahan
Series: The Time Traveler
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Fun facts about the red planet, John Carter and the Princess of Mars...

Bought by KTSW 89.9


  • Added: Sep 09, 2015
  • Length: 03:07:20
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Craig Lancaster - 245
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Craig Lancaster talks about and reads from his fifth novel, THIS IS WHAT I WANT. He also describes his journey from copy editor to full-time author.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KSJD, KCMJ Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
Vermont Poet Laureate Sydney Lea
From: New Letters on the Air
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Vermont Poet Laureate (2011-2015), Sydney Lea reads for the Writers Series sponsored by the literary magazine, PLEIADES at the University of Centra...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WNJR, KWMR, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Aug 13, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Allusionist 15: Step Away
From: The Allusionist
Series: The Allusionist
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'Step-', as in stepparents or stepchildren, originated in grief. Family structures have evolved, but are stepmothers now so tainted by fairytale as...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 12, 2015
  • Length: 38:16
  • Purchases: 1
Novelist Rebecca Makkai: Writing, Art, and Families
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Author Rebecca Makkai, Credit: Philippe Matsas
From beautifully-crafted short fiction to page-turning gothic novels, Rebecca Makkai puts art at the heart of her work.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNJR, WABE, KPIP-LP, and KPVL


  • Added: Jul 21, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 5
Bring Out Your Dead
From: Trevor Keaton Pogue
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What It Is Like Working at a Funeral Home

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jul 08, 2015
  • Length: 27:40
  • Purchases: 1

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