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Sun, Stone, and Shadows: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Today we hear stories by two giants of Mexican literature, Octavio Paz and Carlos Fuentes. The former is read by actor Tony Plana; the latter by th...

Bought by KUPR low power FM, KPIP-LP, WABE, and KQED


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 52:59
  • Purchases: 4
The Poetry of Emily Dickinson: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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“‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers –,” “Because I could not stop for Death –”, and “I dwell in Possibility –” are some of most memorable opening li...

Bought by Room Tone Selects, WKMS, KPIP-LP, KQED, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more


  • Added: Aug 17, 2011
  • Length: 22:33
  • Purchases: 6
The Bridge of San Luis Rey: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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“On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travelers into the gulf below.” This half-hou...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, and KRZA


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
The Great Gatsby: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Welcome to the Jazz Age. This lyrical portrait of The Great Gatsby features readings by actor Sam Waterston and commentary by Robert Redford, among...

Bought by Prairie Public, KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, KRZA and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:13
  • Purchases: 7
A Wizard of Earthsea: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Hear acclaimed authors including Michael Chabon (Wonderboys), Orson Scott Card (Ender's Game), and Walter Mosley discuss Ursula K. Le Guin's coming...

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:08
  • Purchases: 6
The Grapes of Wrath: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Actor Ed Harris reads from one of his favorite novels, John Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath---an epic story about the Great Depression told through...

Bought by KMUN, KQED, KRZA, KUCB, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:44
  • Purchases: 5
A Lesson Before Dying: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Ernest J. Gaines poses one of the most universal questions a novel can ask: Knowing we're going to die, how should we live? This program features G...

Bought by Room Tone Selects, KMUN, KPIP-LP, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KQED


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 5
In The Time of The Butterflies: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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A radio program featuring author Julia Alvarez along with Neko Case, Edwidge Danticat, and Junot Diaz, among others.

Bought by Room Tone Selects, KMUN, Kansas Public Radio, KPIP-LP, KQED and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:55
  • Purchases: 6
Old School: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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The program features the voices of author, Tobias Wolff, along with a great cast of writers and thinkers: Jonathan Lethem, Lorrie Moore, T.C. Boyle...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, and KRZA


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:49
  • Purchases: 5
The Things They Carried - A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried (1990) is considered one of the finest books about the Vietnam War. But it's almost less about the war and m...

Bought by KICI Iowa City, WKMS, KMUN, KUER, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 8
The Maltese Falcon - A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Meet Sam Spade, detective, lady-killer. Before it became a classic film, it was first an incredible moral tale of crime and deception. Find out why.

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Prairie Public, KZYX, KMUN, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 9
Bless Me, Ultima: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima is about pride and assimilation, faith and doubt. This half-hour program includes readings by actor Cheech Marin a...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KZYX, KMUN, KUPR low power FM, KPIP-LP and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 8
The Joy Luck Club: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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A half-hour audio program that explores Amy Tan's gripping, The Joy Luck Club. It features Amy Tan and readings by actress Ming-Na from the film ad...

Bought by Room Tone Selects, KZYX, KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 6
My Antonia: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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A beloved American classic, Willa Cather's My Ántonia is best summarized by its epigraph---"the best days are the first to flee." Garrison Keillor ...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, and KQED


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 3
To Kill A Mockingbird: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Featuring commentary by actor Robert Duvall, playwright Horton Foote, NEA Jazz Master David Baker, and Former Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, among ot...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, Prairie Public, KMUN, KPIP-LP, KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 19
Fahrenheit 451: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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In this half-hour radio show, we'll explore Bradbury's terrifying vision of a future without books as we discuss his groundbreaking 1953 novel, Fah...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, WKMS, KMUN, KFAI Minneapolis, KMUD and more


  • Added: Aug 12, 2011
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 13
The Amazing True Story of Paul Revere
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Caption: Paul Revere by Copley
On the 240th anniversary of Paul Revere's famous ride, re-visiting the Longfellow poem. What did Longfellow get right or wrong? Who rode that night...

Bought by KUT and Prairie Public


  • Added: Mar 21, 2011
  • Length: 10:14
  • Purchases: 2
Portrait of an Artist: a semi-regular series
From: KUT
Series: Portrait of an Artist-a semi-regular series
Caption: Tomas Q. Morin
Poet, Scholar and Artist Tomas Q. Morin talks about his life and career, and reads a few of his own works.

  • Added: Mar 17, 2010
  • Length: 10:59
Banducci's Memorial Day
From: Third Coast Live Radio Theater
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Another San Franciscan Entertainment Icon, gone. This is his memorial party, and some of the characters recalling who he was, and what he stood for.

  • Added: Dec 04, 2007
  • Length: 10:34
Allen Ginsberg - Drugs
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Author Allen Ginsberg advises that mind-altering drugs have their place in society.

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 20, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Allen Ginsberg - Peyote
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
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Author Alan Ginsberg reminisces on the effects peyote had on him and some of his writings. (1995)

Bought by WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Allen Ginsberg - Lyrics
From: WGBH Radio Boston
Series: Moments of America
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Author Alan Ginsberg extols Bob Dylan’s lyrics. (1995)

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio and WRVO Public Media


  • Added: Jul 06, 2005
  • Length: :58
  • Purchases: 2