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Novelist Alex George
From: New Letters on the Air
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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
Culturology: A Real Good Words Interview between William Kent Krueger and Heidi Holtan About "Ordinary Grace," Krueger's Latest Novel.
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "Ordinary Grace" by Willian Kent Krueger
In this Real Good Words interview Heidi Holtan talks with William Kent Krueger about his latest novel, "Ordinary Grace." "Ordinary Grace" is a depa...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 14:54
  • Purchases: 2
Pakistani-American writer Ayad Akhtar
From: New Letters on the Air
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Pakistani-American writer Ayad Akhtar has made a living as a screenwriter, but 2012 brought him notice as both a playwright and a novelist. He deb...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: May 01, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with Alison Hawthorne Deming. Sunday, December 4, 2011
From: Words On A Wire
Series: Words On A Wire (Best Of)
Caption: Alison Hawthorne Deming
Poet, essayist, and teacher, Alison Hawthorne Deming compares the northeast and southwest landscapes and their different impacts on her writing pro...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 29:02
Interview with Luis Alberto Urrea. Sunday, March 25th, 2012.
From: Words On A Wire
Series: Words On A Wire (Best Of)
Caption: Luis Alberto Urrea
Luis Alberto Urrea discusses his latest book "Queen of America," and his alternating relationship to prose and poetry. He also talks about his expe...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 14:31
Interview with Mark Strand. November 11, 2012.
From: Words On A Wire
Series: Words On A Wire (Best Of)
Caption: Mark Strand
Mark Strand encourages a return to writing long-hand; he unveils his writing and revision processes. He reads "The Poems of the Spanish Poet" from ...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 14:30
Marjorie Smith, author of Making Up Amelia
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Marjorie Smith talks about and reads from her novel, Making Up Amelia, which is set in Guam, Saipan, and San Francisco

Bought by KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 14, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 8: Dina Rae/Halo of the Damned - Bobby Pickles' Podcast
From: Bobby Pickles
Series: Bobby Pickles' Podcast
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Bobby speaks with Dina Rae, a loving wife and mother who resides in the Chicago suburbs and writes novels of fiction about what we both agree to be...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2013
  • Length: 39:48
Marcel Jolley, author of PRIORS
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Marcel Jolley talks with TWQ producer Chérie Newman about first-person narrators in his story collection, PRIORS, and about re...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 21, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Jess Walter, author of 'Beautiful Ruins'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Jess Walter talks about and reads from his latest novel, 'Beautiful Ruins.' He also defines the mosaic novel and talks about p...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 03, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 2
Culturology: Kevin McColley
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: "Praying To A Laughing God" by Kevin McColley
In this Real Good Words interview Maggie Montgomery and Robert Saxton were joined in the studios of Northern Community Radio by northern Minnesota ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Oct 09, 2012
  • Length: 07:12
  • Purchases: 2
Culturology: "Convergence At Two Harbors" by Dennis Herschbach
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Convergence at Two Horbors by Dennis Herschbach
Publisher of three previous novels, Dennis Herschbach returns with a new suspense novel titled "Convergence at Two Harbors." In this Real Good Word...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Sep 04, 2012
  • Length: 14:10
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: William Kent Kreuger - "Trickster's Point"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Trickster's Point by William Kent Kreuger
William Kent Kreuger lives in St. Paul and is the author of 10 previous novels in the "Cork O'Conner" series including New York Times best sellers ...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio


  • Added: Aug 21, 2012
  • Length: 16:08
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with August Wilson Scholar Jeannie Zeck
From: NPR Illinois
Series: Quiddity
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Features a conversation with August Wilson scholar Jeannie Zeck about Wilson’s plays and the many influences on his work; the show also features pe...

  • Added: Mar 27, 2012
  • Length: 29:03
Jonathan Evison, author of 'West of Here'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program Janathan Evison talks about and reads from his epic novel 'West of Here' with TWQ producer Chérie Newman. Their conversation al...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 12, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Neil McMahon, author of 'L.A. Mental'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Neil McMahon’s riveting new thriller, L.A. MENTAL is a mind-bending blend of nano-tech paranoia and classic murder mystery, set in a city on the ed...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Janet Skeslien Charles, author of Moonlight In Odessa
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Janet Skeslin Charles talks about, and reads from 'Moonlight In Odessa', a darkly humorous novel about eastern European women ...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 23, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Patrick DeWitt discusses The Sisters Brothers
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Patrick DeWitt is a novelist who lives in Oregon.

  • Added: Jun 15, 2011
  • Length: 27:37
David Lipsky and Rick Moody on David Foster Wallace
From: KCRW
Series: KCRW's Bookworm
Caption: Michael Silverblatt, Credit: Marc Goldstein
When David Foster Wallace died, he left behind drafts of a novel called The Pale King.

  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Michelle Latiolais
From: Mario Diaz
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Michell Latiolis reveals how the death of her husband impacted the stories in her new collection Widow.

  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Wallace Stroby discusses "Cold Shot to the Heart"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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A former newspaperman, Wallace Stroby lives in New Jersey.

  • Added: Mar 24, 2011
  • Length: 26:32
Janet Fox's novel FAITHFUL
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Janet Fox talks about and reads from FAITHFUL, her debut novel for teens and young adult readers. She also talks about the con...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 27, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Megan Abbott discusses "Bury Me Deep"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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Megan Abbott is an Edgar Award winning novelist."Bury Me Deep" is her fourth book.

  • Added: Dec 02, 2010
  • Length: 28:55
JULIA CHILD Presents "Lunch with Edna O'Brien"
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
Caption: Edna O'Brien
Julia Child introduces the Irish writer, Edna O'Brien, who gives a magnificent performance of VIOLETS, a story about fixing lunch for an important ...

  • Added: Sep 21, 2010
  • Length: 26:52
Craig Johnson: Junkyard Dogs
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Craig Johnson talks about JUNKYARD DOGS, the sixth book in his Walt Longmire mystery series. He also reads a few pages and tel...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 16, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1