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In this conversation, Edwidge explores the writing of her powerful memoir, Brother, I’m Dying.
- Added: Jun 09, 2015
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 3
When Frances Mayes moved to Tuscany, Italy she left behind her family and roots in Fitzgerald, Georgia. In her new memoir Under Magnolia, the renow...
- Added: May 29, 2015
- Length: 53:55
- Purchases: 6
We give thanks for transformative writers in this episode entitled UNDERSTANDING OTHERS, a show that features excerpts from six programs that highl...
- Added: Dec 04, 2014
- Length: 29:00
A historian raises questions about the morality of the archival process and reveals how the NSA may change the future of history research.
- Added: Oct 29, 2014
- Length: 12:39
We remember the Nobel Prize-winning South African writer Nadine Gordimer, who passed away on July 13, 2014. In this 1994 interview with former NEW ...
Bought by WNJR
- Added: Aug 13, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
In Japan, insects (or "mushi") are pets, medicine, and even vehicles for spirits. Plus: A robot that kills ticks. And more...
- Added: Jul 11, 2014
- Length: 53:57
- Purchases: 4
In Japan, insects (or "mushi") are pets, medicine, and even vehicles for spirits. Plus: A robot that kills ticks. And: A poem about the insect know...
Bought by WJCT, WDBM, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, WLIW, WMNF and more
- Added: Jul 11, 2014
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 6
The author discusses the latest Big Read pick, The Beautiful Things that Heaven Bears, his novel about an Ethiopian exile in a gentrifying Washingt...
- Added: May 29, 2014
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 2
With a trunk full of her mother’s saris, Kenyan author and performer Shaija Patel reclaims a lost history.
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Apr 11, 2014
- Length: 29:28
- Purchases: 1
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Featuring International Bestselling Author Jack Engelhard, and Notes from the Internet Apo...
- Added: Mar 20, 2014
- Length: 58:01
For Women's History Month with a nod to St.Patty's Day, we revisit Irish author Anne Enright, who discusses her dark but humorous approach to writi...
- Added: Mar 19, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
NAOMI BENARON is a trained scientist, marathon runner, and massage therapist. She is also the author of two award-winning fiction books, LOVE LETTE...
Bought by WJCU
- Added: Nov 07, 2013
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
In his new novel, Kirk Kjeldsen tells the story of an ex-con who is trying to reinvent himself in a new place. The backdrop for the story is Shangh...
- Added: Jul 25, 2013
- Length: 53:54
- Purchases: 2
In his new novel, Kirk Kjeldsen tells the story of an ex-con who is trying to reinvent himself in a new place. The backdrop for the story is Shangh...
- Added: Jul 25, 2013
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 3
First published in 1947, Goodnight Moon has become one of the most popular books for young children. Yet the book’s author, Margaret Wise Brown, al...
- Added: Mar 25, 2013
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 4
In Amsterdam, Cathy Byrd meets Dutch novelist Rashid Novaire, of Moroccan and Dutch descent. The writer's heritage is embedded in his imagination.
- Added: Jan 21, 2013
- Length: 16:15
In this episode, Cathy Byrd meets Sarah Lewis, a scholar, writer and curator. Sarah talks about the artists she selected for the 12.2 International...
Bought by KUT
- Added: Aug 28, 2012
- Length: 14:18
- Purchases: 1
In this special anthology, we explore how women writers foster community across boundaries. Novelist Lisa See shares stories about Chinese women wr...
- Added: Mar 21, 2012
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
In the second half of the nineteenth century, American and Russian traveled to each other's countries and wrote about their experiences and observa...
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Nov 21, 2011
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
Author of two memoirs about her life in Iran, Reading Lolita in Tehran and Things I've Been Silent About, Azar Nafisi talks about her books, her li...
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Aug 05, 2011
- Length: 25:05
- Purchases: 1
Natasha Wimmer was awarded an NEA Literature Fellowship in 2007 to translate Roberto Bolaño's epic novel 2666. In this interview, she discusses the...
Bought by WABE
- Added: Jul 29, 2011
- Length: 27:08
- Purchases: 1
Basque writer Unai Elorriaga and Amaia Gabantxo, translator of Elorriaga's novel Plants Don’t Drink Coffee, discuss the book as well as the art of ...
- Added: Jul 28, 2011
- Length: 25:51
Nigerian-American writer Teju Cole is our idea of a post-imperial global mind in motion. His celebrated first novel, "Open City," is about a solita...
Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: May 20, 2011
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 2
During the program, Kim Barker talks about her addiction to living in and reporting from war zones in Afghanistan while working as the South Asia b...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: May 17, 2011
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
How do war stories work, and where do we find them? Our guests this week are mapping out terrains of conflict and confusion in our lifetimes, from ...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Apr 15, 2011
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 1
