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Tammy Bobrowsky reviews The Girl on the Train, and No Baggage: a minimalist tale of love & wandering. Listener-readers review The Boys in the Boat:...
- Added: Jan 25, 2016
- Length: 06:06
Tammy Bobrowsky talks about The Witches: Salem, 1692; Reclaiming Conversation: The power of talk in a digital age; Church of Marvels; The Martian; ...
- Added: Oct 22, 2015
- Length: 06:15
When Allan Johnson asked his dying father where he wanted his ashes scattered, his father replied, it didn’t matter. So began the journey. A journe...
- Added: Jul 31, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
"I keep my mouth shut now. I’ve turned into a professional coward.”
- Hunter S. Thompson, as told to Studs Terkel in 1967.
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Jul 29, 2015
- Length: 17:15
- Purchases: 1
Two short plays about political operatives by Pulitzer Prize Winner David Auburn. In the comic DAMAGE CONTROL, a political aide has a public relati...
Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KZYX, Connecticut Public (WNPR), Oregon Public Broadcasting, KUNM and more
- Added: Mar 26, 2015
- Length: 53:00
- Purchases: 6
Lee Matthew Goldberg graduated with an MFA from the New School. He is a regular contributor to The Montreal Review and The Adirondack Review. His ...
- Added: Mar 05, 2015
- Length: 12:06
Vicki Hendricks is a Florida writer and the author five noirs, MIAMI PURITY, IGUANA LOVE, VOLUNTARY MADNESS, SKY BLUES, CRUEL POETRY, and a collect...
- Added: Feb 23, 2015
- Length: 13:20
In October 2012, Hurricane Sandy smashed into the Eastern seaboard. A monster nobody was prepared to deal with.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 19, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
In her collection of essays, author and publisher Janet Cheatham Bell emphasizes our mutual dependency. It’s about identifying and using the power ...
- Added: Jan 13, 2015
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Featuring writers from the 2014 Pygmalion Literary Fest LitCrawl, recorded live at The Esquire Lounge in Chapaign, IL. Readers in this episode incl...
- Added: Nov 05, 2014
- Length: 20:07
How magic and law shaped the witch trials of early modern Europe
- Added: Oct 28, 2014
- Length: 29:33
For the holiday weekend, we look back in history at Sara Payson Willis, a novelist, journalist, and feminist who wrote under the pseudonym "Fanny F...
Bought by WJCU
- Added: Jul 09, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
The year is 2053. Neurosurgeon and scientist, Dr. Hagan Maerici, is to designing "neuromorphic artificial intelligence." This is the setting for Dr...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: May 23, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
IdeaSphere … Saving Paradise: Author and environmental activist Mike Bond uses fiction to tell the real story of Hawaii’s fight against corporation...
Bought by KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA and KCBX
- Added: Mar 21, 2014
- Length: 20:41
- Purchases: 2
Larry Gavin teaches English at Faribault High School. He's had three collections of poetry published by Red Dragonfly Press and he's a nationally k...
- Added: Feb 16, 2014
- Length: 01:53
Marsh Muirhead, a writer, dentist, flight instructor, and much else besides, lives near Bemidji, MN on the banks of the Mississippi with his dog, S...
- Added: Feb 16, 2014
- Length: 02:47
Ben Westlie graduated from Bemidji State University in 2006 with a BFA in Creative and Professional Writing. He's published three chapbooks of poet...
- Added: Feb 15, 2014
- Length: 02:23
Dean Brooks graduated from Bemidji State University in 2012 with a degree in Creative Writing. He looks for inspiration in dusty corners, early mor...
- Added: Feb 14, 2014
- Length: 02:49
A new novel by Sara Fraizan explores the issues of gender orientation. But, what sets this work apart from its predecessors is that it’s written fo...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Aug 20, 2013
- Length: 28:58
- Purchases: 1
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
Conversations and live musical performance based on international themes.
- Added: Oct 03, 2012
- Length: 01:55:41
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
Poet and fiction writer Sapphire, best-known for her novel PUSH, which became the award-winning film PRECIOUS, reads from her 2011 novel, THE KID, ...
Bought by WCSU-FM
- Added: Nov 16, 2011
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
It's not dark yet. Well, actually it is. But actor Alfred Molina makes a book with Death in the title an absolute thrill to listen to. The program ...
Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, KRZA, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more
- Added: Aug 18, 2011
- Length: 28:39
- Purchases: 6
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
