PRX - Pieces for Topic: Historical
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Author Karen Fults Kaler talks about her new book "Eastcliff"
- Added: May 11, 2023
- Length: 08:52
The Monroe County History Center shares the stories of bygone diners and dives.
- Added: Nov 10, 2022
- Length: 54:01
George Saunders, the renowned short story writer, talks about his debut novel, LINCOLN IN THE BARDO, winner of Britain's 2017 Man Booker Prize for ...
- Added: Jun 07, 2022
- Length: 29:00
Author of the 2022 book EDEN'S LAST HORIZON: POEMS FOR THE EARTH, Georgia nature writer and poet Philip Lee Williams discusses his earlier poetry b...
Bought by WNJR
- Added: Feb 16, 2022
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
This year, the Rough Draft Diaries is taking a step back in time to learn about the history of the radio play. Tune in for this year's special but ...
Bought by WRFA-LP
- Added: Dec 20, 2021
- Length: 06:15
- Purchases: 1
Take Me With You: Around The World Journey to Invite a Stranger Home
Have you ever made friends with someone from a place where you visited as a t...
- Added: Jul 27, 2021
- Length: 29:00
The music and life of the legendary underground Los Angeles jazz pianist and community activist, with remarks from his biographer Stephen Isoardi.
- Added: Sep 24, 2020
- Length: 59:00
The story of one of the most long-lived and influential traditional New Mexican Hispanic musical groups in the state, Los Reyes de Albuquerque. The...
Bought by KUPR low power FM and KSJE
- Added: Jan 16, 2020
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
Carter Family legacy Dale Jett & "Hello Stranger" recorded live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas. Also, interviews w...
- Added: Sep 11, 2019
- Length: 58:59
In this presentation at the Kansas City Public Library, Scottish-born writer Margot Livesey talks about her evolution as a reader and writer, and s...
- Added: May 08, 2019
- Length: 29:00
Melba Beals, one of the nine African-American students chosen to integrate Central High School in Little Rock, tells her story of faith under fire.
- Added: Mar 12, 2018
- Length: 53:59
- Purchases: 2
Novelist Padma Viswanathan, a 2017 recipient of the Porter Fund Literary Prize, and poet Geoffrey Brock, discuss how they balance their writing car...
- Added: Nov 01, 2017
- Length: 29:00
Irish poet Anne Marie Fyfe explores parallels in her poetry with work of the renowned William Butler Yeats for the "Mapping Yeats Symposium" at the...
- Added: Jan 26, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Old Crow Medicine Show founder Willie Watson performs live at the Ozark Folk Center State Park in Mountain View, Arkansas. Also, interviews with W...
- Added: Jul 29, 2016
- Length: 58:59
A guitar-shaped building in Bristol, TN gives a glimpse into the roots of country and bluegrass in the region.
- Added: Aug 15, 2013
- Length: 20:18
After working for years as a corporate lawyer in England, Alex George moved to the states with his family and opened his own law practice in mid-Mi...
Bought by WJCU
- Added: May 15, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Mother-daughter poets, Gloria Vando and Anika Paris, read from their book, WOVEN VOICES, which includes the poem that inspired the musical drama, T...
Bought by WJCU
- Added: Mar 27, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Author Amy Tan talks about her first novel, The Joy Luck Club, her relationship with her mother, and the art of writing.
- Added: Jul 26, 2011
- Length: 27:50