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He was an artist. And you've likely seen his stuff.
- Added: Jan 17, 2011
- Length: 03:01
This true gothic story was told by author Randy Osborne in which he recounts life with his eccentric grandmother, her 35 cats, and a retribution th...
- Added: Dec 23, 2010
- Length: 10:24
What does it take for a critically acclaimed mystery writer to make it to the New York Times bestseller list? MN writer William Kent Krueger thinks...
- Added: Oct 29, 2010
- Length: 21:31
It's a New England poetry hour, starting with Amherst's Emily Dickinson by way of Helen Vendler, the closest of close readers of poetry, and ending...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: Oct 14, 2010
- Length: 58:59
- Purchases: 2
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
A conversation about the Bible's universality and relevance in pop culture, with the author who aims to give "people what they don't get in church ...
Bought by WFIU
- Added: Jun 09, 2010
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
MN Author Gayla Marty and "Memory of Trees: A Daughter's Story of a Family Farm".
Bought by KVSC
- Added: Jun 07, 2010
- Length: 23:26
- Purchases: 1
MN author Keven Malmquist talks with Heidi Holtan about "F.L. Wasselwick's Return of the Golden Turtle"
- Added: May 21, 2010
- Length: 14:47
Heidi talks with poets Louis Jenkins and Steve Downing about their poetry and their event happened on April 21st at Itasca Community College
- Added: Apr 26, 2010
- Length: 10:56
Lauren Kessler worked for minimum wage as an RA (resident assistant) while writing FINDING LIFE IN THE LAND OF ALZHEIMER'S (formerly titled, Dancin...
Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Apr 16, 2010
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
Pulitzer Prize nominee, #1 New York Times bestseller, and MN Book Award Nominee Alison McGhee about her picture book "The Song of Middle C."
- Added: Apr 15, 2010
- Length: 17:49
Known for her books and movies like "Because of Winn-Dixie" and "The Tale of Despereaux", MN Book Award Nominee Kate DiCamillo about her latest "Th...
- Added: Apr 15, 2010
- Length: 24:57
Patty Feld, Director of the Edge Center for the Arts in Bigfork, on the Theater B production of The Year of Magical Thinking.
- Added: Apr 08, 2010
- Length: 11:03
In Boston's densest neighborhood, the Chinatown Storefront Library converted a vacant commercial space into a thriving community center. And then i...
- Added: Feb 17, 2010
- Length: 13:44
- Purchases: 2
Deb Dunn’s second love, after her husband, was teaching marine biology. But about five years ago, she had to give it up.
- Added: Jan 19, 2010
- Length: 05:30
- Added: Jan 13, 2010
- Length: 03:59
Alberto Rios, who grew up in a mixed family on the Arizona-Mexico border, recounts his experiences living between languages and cultures in his mem...
- Added: Unknown
- Length: 28:56
We continue our celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month with Linda Rodriguez, author of the debut poetry collection HEART'S MIGRATION from ...
Bought by WGBH Radio Boston
- Added: Unknown
- Length: :00
- Purchases: 1
Natalie Goldberg, the writer, painter and writing teacher, speaks with ThoughtCast in Santa Fe, NM!
Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio and WFIU
- Added: Sep 06, 2009
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 2
Erin Malone’s poem “Suspect” explores how one new mother feels about her body, leading literary producer Elizabeth Austen to consider some assumpti...
- Added: Aug 24, 2009
- Length: 05:21
Jane Hirshfield acknowledges a kind of human physics in her poem, “For What Binds Us.”
- Added: Aug 24, 2009
- Length: 05:53
Poet Yusef Komunyakaa reads from and discusses his latest collection, WARHORSES (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux, 2008).
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Aug 17, 2009
- Length: 16:51
- Purchases: 1
Poet Erin Malone reads “Hush,” a poem sparked by watching her son discover the power of naming what he sees. The poem prompts KUOW’s literary produ...
- Added: Aug 17, 2009
- Length: 06:13
On a trip to see his brother, Walt Whitman was so struck by the violence of the Civil War that he stayed to help heal wounded soldiers. He hoped hi...
Bought by KVNF, WHFR, WRKF, RadioFreePalmer, KVSC and more
- Added: Jul 13, 2009
- Length: 28:56
- Purchases: 13
Poet Lucille Clifton is widely acclaimed for her powerful explorations of race, womanhood, and spirituality.
- Added: Jul 13, 2009
- Length: 28:56
- Purchases: 3
