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-Yoko Ono was an accomplished and innovative artist long before she met John Lennon.
-A novel by Fred D’Aguiar tells the story of a mother and daug...
Bought by WCNY, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, WMUU-LP, KEDT, WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more
- Added: Sep 02, 2016
- Length: 53:57
- Purchases: 7
Michael Berry reflects on the art of translating Yu Hua’s influential novel and new Big Read title To Live into English
Bought by Harford Community Radio, KPIP-LP, WRIR, WNJR, and WMUU-LP
- Added: Aug 23, 2016
- Length: 28:30
- Purchases: 5
From his philosophy on editing to the best advice for aspiring writers, Chuck Klosterman brings us into his creative process.
Bought by KGUA
- Added: Aug 11, 2016
- Length: 08:41
- Purchases: 1
Anyone who's ever been an awkward adolescent knows that for decades now, dog-eared copies of Judy Blume's books have been passed around school play...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 07:08
- Purchases: 1
Donald Hall is now 87 and no longer writing poetry, a pursuit he calls "a young man's game" which takes "too much testosterone." But Hall, former P...
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 06:57
As a writer, Joe Hill's family name could have given him a leg up. Instead, he chose to create his own. In this episode of the 10-Minute Writer's W...
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 12:19
The bestselling author of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand - and bonafide Charming British Lady - Helen Simonson lets us in on her writing process, her...
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 09:31
Aaron Mahnke is creator of the spooky folktale podcast Lore which quickly shot up the iTunes charts and landed him a television deal. He's also a n...
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 11:36
Richard Russo is the Pulitzer prize-winning author of Empire Falls and Nobody’s Fool - both adapted into films starring Paul Newman. He returns to ...
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 07:41
"Kill 'em and leave" was James Brown's commandment to his band before every show...it's also the title of a biography of the soul legend, the lates...
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 09:52
In this episode, married co-authors Kevin Flynn & Rebecca Lavoie. Together, they have written four true crime books, most recently Dark Heart: A Tr...
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 08:13
Alexander Chee is a careful craftsman of language. As we came to find out, when we talked to him from Argot Studios in NYC, he is as measured, unas...
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 10:05
We spoke to YouTube superstar Grace Helbig after the publication of her second tongue-in-cheek guide, Grace & Style: The Art of Pretending You Have...
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 06:00
Marianne Williamson has written six New York Times best sellers, including The Age Of Miracles and A Return To Love. Known in some circles as Holly...
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 07:56
Tom Perrotta is the author behind, among others, Little Children, The Abstinence Teacher, and The Leftovers, now a hit HBO drama which he co-writes...
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 12:45
Megan Abbott has been called "David Lynch for teenagers". Her 2014 novel "The Fever" landed on best books of the year lists from The School Library...
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 06:38
Satirist Christopher Buckley, author of "Thank You For Smoking", "The White House Mess", and "The Relic Master", takes us into his writing process.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 08:33
- Purchases: 1
The prolific author of The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency series talks about his writing process.
- Added: Aug 08, 2016
- Length: 09:57
National Book Award winner Patti Smith, also known as "the godmother of punk", dishes on what inspires her writing, what her editing process entail...
- Added: Aug 05, 2016
- Length: 10:47
Salman Rushdie is a Booker-Award-winning novelist and the prolific author of a number of non-fiction works, children's books, and essays. He joined...
- Added: Aug 05, 2016
- Length: 10:08
Justin Cronin's book, The City of Mirrors marks the end of the Passage trilogy--and what a ride it was!
- Added: Jul 12, 2016
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 2
Kao Kalia Yang's book, The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir is a personal story that speaks to the moment.
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WNJR, and WMUU-LP
- Added: Jun 29, 2016
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 3
-In her Pulitzer Prize-winning book Encounters at the Heart of the World, historian Elizabeth Fenn recounts the story of the Plains Mandan tribe as...
Bought by WLIW
- Added: Jun 10, 2016
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
-Why Gothic literature is more popular than ever with young kids.
-How creating 'monsters' in the classroom can help young students learn and grow....
Bought by WCNY, WMUU-LP, KEDT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WAMC Northeast Public Radio and more
- Added: May 20, 2016
- Length: 53:58
- Purchases: 6
-How creating 'monsters' in the classroom can be a valuable teaching tool.
-How can teachers address bad behavior in the classroom before it occurs...
Bought by WJCT, KFAI Minneapolis, KKRN, WLIW, and WNMU-FM
- Added: May 20, 2016
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 5
