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Poetry and music about pleasurable escapes.
- Added: Feb 21, 2015
- Length: 53:14
At the close of each year, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen not only for its ...
- Added: Dec 22, 2014
- Length: 05:11
Cheryl Strayed's memoir, WILD: FROM LOST TO FOUND ON THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL, took over twenty years to write and has since been selected by Oprah'...
Bought by WMUU-LP, KQED, WNJR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WJCU
- Added: Dec 11, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 5
A full day reflected in poetry and music.
- Added: Nov 08, 2014
- Length: 01:01:57
Poetry and music about moons, planets and gravity.
- Added: Oct 04, 2014
- Length: 56:48
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
Short Description: MEMOIR about her soldier son who committed suicide. She talks about writing non-fiction and her earlier elegiac book, EMBALMING...
- Added: Jun 26, 2014
- Length: 29:00
Poet Hadara Bar-Nadav refers to many works of art in her 2012 collection THE FRAME CALLED RUIN, while in her 2013 collection, LULLABY (WITH EXIT SI...
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Jun 13, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Andre Dubus III's memoir Townie isn’t a literary coming of age story. It’s an exploration of violence and absence. [30:37]
Bought by Harford Community Radio and KPIP-LP
- Added: Feb 19, 2014
- Length: 30:37
- Purchases: 2
At the close of each year, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen above all others ...
- Added: Dec 27, 2013
- Length: 05:09
The 2012 Georgia Author of the Year Award in Poetry, Alice Friman's other honors include the Ezra Pound Poetry Award for her third book, ZOO. In t...
- Added: Dec 20, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Philip Levine talks about his relationship to New York City as well as Detroit's Diego Rivera murals and their impact on his youth and poetry.
He...
- Added: Feb 27, 2013
- Length: 29:01
Each year during the holidays, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen above all oth...
- Added: Dec 18, 2012
- Length: 05:10
Ron Capps helps returning service members write their way home. [27:06]
Bought by KPIP-LP and WRVO Public Media
- Added: Aug 02, 2012
- Length: 27:38
- Purchases: 2
The Icebox Radio Theater has been creating great stories about life in the Far-North since 2004. Award-winning, mind bending, spine chilling, laugh...
- Added: Jul 18, 2012
- Length: 01:00:01
- Purchases: 1
Dr. David Levy, neurosurgeon and author, discusses the role that prayer can play in the healing relationship between physician and patient.
- Added: Jun 22, 2012
- Length: 29:29
- Added: May 10, 2012
- Length: 22:55
- Purchases: 1
During this program, Debra Gwartney reads from 'Live Through This: A Mother's Memoir of Runaway Daughters' and talks about the challenges she faced...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Apr 27, 2012
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
A dramatic musical based on "The Diary of Anne Frank," with music by Michael Cohen and libretto by Enid Futterman. Perfect for scheduling in April ...
- Added: Apr 22, 2012
- Length: 58:01
- Purchases: 2
Songwriter Tai Shan talks about her approach to writing songs inspired by Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns. Written and performed for the mo...
- Added: Apr 19, 2012
- Length: 05:00
Songwriter Levi Fuller discusses writing songs inspired by Stephen King's The Shining. Written and performed for the monthly showcase, The Bushwic...
- Added: Mar 29, 2012
- Length: 05:00
Songwriter Ian Williams discusses his approach to writing songs for the Seattle Rock Orchestra, inspired by Hunter S. Thompson's Fear and Loathing ...
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and PRX Remix
- Added: Nov 29, 2011
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 2
During this program, Mary Jane Nealon talks about how poetry saved her life when she was carrying the grief of dying patients. She also reads from ...
Bought by KREV-LP and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Aug 17, 2011
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 2
Poet Cristin O'Keefe Aptowicz talks about slam poetry and community.
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Aug 05, 2011
- Length: 22:05
- 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
