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The Beat: Mark Christensen - "The Final Breath of a Pope"

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat

Mark Christensen is a published author, and a long time educator. He is Professor of English at Bemidji State University where is particular intere...

Bought by KSRQ

Added: Mar 07, 2014
Length: 01:27
Purchases: 1

What are you reading? (Asked to 4th Graders)

From: Hank Rosenfeld
Series: Folk Journalism

With budget cuts closing many Los Angeles school libraries, students told Hank Rosenfeld about their love of books and what they were currently re...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM

Added: Feb 24, 2014
Length: 02:38
Purchases: 1

Sheer Good Fortune: Celebrating Toni Morrison (Half Hour Version)

From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes

Renowned writers, singers, and poets, including Maya Angelou and Nikki Giovanni, paid tribute to Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison with an extravaganza ...

Bought by WORT, WJCT, WTJU, Northwest Public Broadcasting, WCSU-FM and more

Added: Feb 21, 2014
Length: 28:58
Purchases: 9

Sheer Good Fortune: Celebrating Toni Morrison (Hour Long Version)

From: With Good Reason

Renowned writers, singers, and poets, including Maya Angelou and Nikki Giovanni, paid tribute to Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison with an extravaganza ...

Bought by WTJU, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WUFT, KCMJ Community Radio, WEMU and more

Added: Feb 21, 2014
Length: 53:52
Purchases: 10

The Beat: Joyce Sutphen- "The Silence Says"

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota

Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "The Silence Says." The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesot...

Added: Feb 20, 2014
Length: 02:09

A Conversation with Penguin's Elda Rotor and John Morgan

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

The team behind the new app Poems by Heart discuss how they combine gaming with classic poetry. [28:20]

Bought by KPIP-LP

Added: Feb 18, 2014
Length: 28:20
Purchases: 1

The Beat: Susan Carol Hauser "Night So Clear"

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat

Susan Carol Hauser is a poet, essayist, and natural history writer who recently retired from her position at Bemidji State University. She's won th...

Added: Feb 16, 2014
Length: 01:54

The Beat: Tommy Saxton "Standing On The Beach At My Cabin Looking Out At Our Lake"

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat

In December at Schoolcraft Learning Community near Bemidji student teacher Anna Brown worked with Sara Breeze's 6th and 8th grade classes writing p...

Added: Feb 15, 2014
Length: 02:01

The Beat: Farhia Omar "Freeze"

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat

Farhia Omar is a Minneapolis based artist who was born in Somalia. When she isn't writing poetry and stories she's designing jewelry. The Beat is...

Added: Feb 14, 2014
Length: 01:30

The Beat: Kevin Zepper "Cup of Twilight"

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat

Kevin Zepper is an Associate Professor of English at Minnesota State University - Moorehead. He was recently awarded a writing residency at Starry ...

Added: Feb 14, 2014
Length: 01:59

The Beat: James C. Henderson "The Cabin at Lost Lake"

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat

James C. Henderson is a graduate of Metropolitan State University's Creative Writing program, and Hamline University's MFA program. He lives in New...

Added: Feb 14, 2014
Length: 02:52

PPW 14: Lead Belly

From: Narrative Arts
Series: Prison Poetry Workshop Podcasts

Lead Belly was born Huddie William Ledbetter near Mooringsport, Louisiana around 1889. We explore Lead Belly's life in and out of prison. Take a li...

Bought by WVIA, PRX Remix, WDNA, and KFOK-LPFM

Added: Feb 10, 2014
Length: 10:10
Purchases: 4

PPW 09: Workshop with Dwayne Betts

From: Narrative Arts
Series: Prison Poetry Workshop Podcasts

We asked poet & writer Dwayne Betts to record a workshop for us. Take a listen. Prison Poetry Workshop has asked poets from across the country to r...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM

Added: Feb 10, 2014
Length: 05:43
Purchases: 1

PPW 07: Free Minds Book Club

From: Narrative Arts
Series: Prison Poetry Workshop Podcasts

Our time with Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop was powerful! D.C. youth who are shipped into the Federal prison system had little contact ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM

Added: Feb 10, 2014
Length: 19:20
Purchases: 1

PPW 06: Judith, Spoon, and Elmo

From: Narrative Arts
Series: Prison Poetry Workshop Podcasts

Judith Tannenbaum taught poetry in prisons across the United States and intensively at San Quentin and other California prisons through Arts-in-Cor...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM

Added: Feb 10, 2014
Length: 18:09
Purchases: 1

PPW 05: Patrick Young Story

From: Narrative Arts
Series: Prison Poetry Workshop Podcasts

We met dozens of poets behind bars in our nation's prisons and we sat with formerly incarcerated people like Native New Orleanian, Patrick Young, w...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM

Added: Feb 10, 2014
Length: 05:16
Purchases: 1

Missouri's First Poet Laureate Walter Bargen

From: New Letters on the Air

Poet Walter Bargen, the author of over a dozen books, served as Missouri's first Poet Laureate from 2008 to 2010. In this interview, he talks about...

Added: Jan 31, 2014
Length: 29:00

PPW - Washington: A Question of Freedom

From: Narrative Arts
Series: Prison Poetry Workshop

For D.C. youths who get caught up in the adult system, prison isn’t just an experience, it’s a journey. Because it’s not a full-fledged state, the ...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM

Added: Jan 28, 2014
Length: 54:24
Purchases: 1

PPW 01: Alabama

From: Narrative Arts
Series: Prison Poetry Workshop Podcasts

Sit in any prison classroom or recreation room and ask: How many writers are in the room? How many people are writing rhymes or poems? Carefully-fo...

Bought by KRZA, KSFR, KFOK-LPFM, and PRX Remix

Added: Jan 18, 2014
Length: 13:53
Purchases: 4

Holiday Episode: At the Fishhouses

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

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 Nonviolent Life, Happiness & Chasing the Moon Thieves (Peace Talks Radio)

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes

Three authors talk about how their books relate to peacemaking. The Nonviolent Life by John Dear, Before Happiness by Shawn Achor and Princess Mari...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Aspen Public Radio, and KUOW

Added: Nov 29, 2013
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 4

The Nonviolent Life, Happiness & Chasing The Moon Thieves (Peace Talks Radio)

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

Three authors talk about how their books relate to peacemaking. The Nonviolent Life by John Dear, Before Happiness by Shawn Achor and Princess Mari...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, and KUOW

Added: Nov 28, 2013
Length: 59:01
Purchases: 3

LIttle Free Library: Sharing books & building community

From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse

Rick Brooks is co-founder & program director of the nonprofit organization Little Free Library. Little Free Libraries are small buildings, sort of ...

Bought by KSRQ