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Sarah Smarsh Explores Class in Rural America
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Sarah Smarsh, Credit: Paul Andrews
Sarah Smarsh discusses her book Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth which is 2022-2023 NEA Big Read...

Bought by KZUM, WMPG, WDCB, RADIOLEX, KZUM and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 7
Books Unbanned
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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Book bans and challenges have been on the rise in the past few years. When BPL launched a free eCard to give out-of-state teens access to our eBook...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2022
  • Length: 25:25
A conversation with Iranian-American novelist Marjan Kamali
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Novelist Marjan Kamali talks about her recent novel The Stationery Shop-- a story that begins in 1953 in Iran and spans 60 years. We talk about Per...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:24
  • Purchases: 3
Saluting Zora Neale Hurston and her biographer the late Valerie Boyd
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Valerie Boyd, Credit: Courtesy: Valerie Boyd
We’re marking Women’s history month by replaying my in-depth interview with the late Valerie Boyd who wrote the acclaimed “Wrapped in Rainbows: the...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KZUM, RadioFreePalmer, KWMR, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 6
Let's revisit National Book Award winner Charles Yu
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Charles Yu, Credit: Tina Chiou
In this rebroadcast, Charles Yu talks about his award-winning novel Interior Chinatown and the implications of Asian-American representation in pop...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, WMPG, and KZUM


  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
Meet Novelist Andrew Krivak
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Andrew Krivak, Credit: Sharona Jacobs
Andrew Krivak Andrew Krivak talks about The Bear a meditative novel about the last of humanity which is a surprisingly uplifting book and also a re...

Bought by WMPG, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 20, 2021
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 5
Novelist Marisel Vera talks about writing 19th Century Puerto Rico
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Marisel Vera , Credit: Wes Carrasquillo
Marisel Vera talks about unpacking the history of late 19th century Puerto Rico for her novel “The Taste of Sugar.”

Bought by WMPG, RADIOLEX, and KZUM


  • Added: Oct 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Meet Author Kate DiCamillo
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kate DiCamillo, Credit: Courtesy: Candlewick Press
A conversation with YA and children’s author Kate DiCamillo about reading and writing.

Bought by KZUM, RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
'Funeral Diva' poet Pamela Sneed: "We can heal"
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Pamela Sneed's poetic memoir "Funeral Diva" is described as a “coming of age in New York City during the late 1980s.”, Credit: Patricia Silva
Pamela Sneed’s prose and poetry can reach out and grab you. She reads selections from her memoir, Funeral Diva, and shares some of her life story. ...

Bought by KALW and WORT


  • Added: Aug 27, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Novelist Alex Michaelides’s “The Maidens”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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“Edward Fosca is a murderer. Of this Mariana is certain. But Fosca is untouchable. A handsome and charismatic Greek Tragedy professor at Cambridge ...

  • Added: Aug 08, 2021
  • Length: 09:59
Meet 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jericho Brown, Credit: Brian Cornelius
Jericho Brown talks about writing his Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection The Tradition

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 14, 2021
  • Length: 29:38
  • Purchases: 1
USAF Veteran Lauren Hough: ‘Leaving Isn’t the Hardest Thing’
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Essayist Lauren Hough in 2018, Credit: Karl Poss IV / Vintage Books
In our queer nod to Veterans Day, we bring you writer Lauren Hough, who grew up in the infamous Christian free-love cult The Family. At 18, she joi...

Bought by KWMR


  • Added: Jun 08, 2021
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 1
Bob Dylan-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Bob Dylan, Credit: 1961
Join us for a celebration of Bob Dylan's Birthday with Bob Fass, Big Joe Turner, Al Kooper, Les Crane, The Band, Richard Ashcroft, John Hammond, Em...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: May 24, 2021
  • Length: 01:58:06
  • Purchases: 1
Meet poet and playwright Darrel Alejandro Holnes
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Darrel Alejandro Holnes, Credit: Emma Pratte
Poet and playwright Darrel Alejandro Holnes explores immigration and belonging through poetry and theater.

Bought by WORT, WMPG, and KZUM


  • Added: May 03, 2021
  • Length: 28:42
  • Purchases: 3
Meet environmental poet Camille T. Dungy
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Camille Dungy, Credit: Beowulf Sheehan
Award-winning writer and two-time NEA Literature Fellow Camille T. Dungy discusses her work as an ecopoet.

Bought by WSLR, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KZUM


  • Added: Apr 18, 2021
  • Length: 29:17
  • Purchases: 3
A Conversation with Tana French!
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Tana French, Credit: Jessica Ryan
Acclaimed Irish crime writer Tana French keeps pushing the genre in her latest book The Searcher.

  • Added: Mar 19, 2021
  • Length: 28:47
The National Endowment for the Arts presents writer Danielle Evans
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Danielle Evans , Credit: Beowulf Sheehan
Author Danielle Evans discusses her recent short-story collection "The Office of Historical Corrections."

Bought by KZUM and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 19, 2021
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 2
Lights, Camera, Author! - Ira Rosen
From: Jim Junot
Series: Lights, Camera, Author!
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An interview with Ira Rosen, former "60 Minutes" producer and author of "Ticking Clock: Behind the Scenes at 60 Minutes.

Bought by RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Feb 16, 2021
  • Length: 26:53
  • Purchases: 1
The National Endowment for the Arts presents Art Works
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Tracy K. Smith, Credit: Rachel Eliza Griffiths
Former poet laureate of the United States Tracy K. Smith in wide-ranging conversation about poetry, history, and memory.

Bought by WMPG and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The National Endowment for the Arts presents Art Works
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Speak the Speech, Credit: Kate Saylor
Artistic Director of Alabama Shakespeare Festival Rick Dildine brings theater outdoors and has the audience "Speak the Speech."

Bought by Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 08, 2021
  • Length: 26:46
  • Purchases: 1
Lights, Camera, Author! - Rupert Alistair
From: Jim Junot
Series: Lights, Camera, Author!
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An interview with Rupert Alistair, author of the series "The Name Below the Title."

  • Added: Feb 05, 2021
  • Length: 18:35
Drinking Whisky In Dharamsala India
From: Carl Cimini
Series: Savor Whisky and Travel
Caption: The King of Dharamsala Valley, Credit: cimino
Drinking whisky with the King of Dharamsala Valley in India

  • Added: Dec 30, 2020
  • Length: 19:03
The Junot Files: Peter David
From: Jim Junot
Series: Lights, Camera, Author!
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An interview with Peter David, author of "Mr. Sulu Grabbed My Ass, and Other Highlights from a Life in Comics, Novels, Television, Films and Video ...

  • Added: Dec 10, 2020
  • Length: 27:50
From the National Endowment for the Arts--Art Works
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Poet Adrian Mateka talks about The Big Smoke a collection of 52 poems about Jack Johnson--the first African-American heavyweight world champion.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KMUN, KGNU Community Radio, KZUM, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 29:27
  • Purchases: 5
The Lovers of The Poor
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
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Poetry and music which reacts to racism and social unrest.

Bought by Royalton Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 06, 2020
  • Length: 56:34
  • Purchases: 1

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