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This Spring, the Paris Book Fair was finally back in person! But even amidst this Parisian fairytale, reality reared its ugly head.
- Added: May 24, 2022
- Length: 06:00
We hear from Minnesota writer Rachel Braugham--her new book is called Widowland, Tiffanie Drayton’s new book is called Black American Refugee, it’s...
- Added: Apr 27, 2022
- Length: 01:00:00
This week’s edition of Classical Guitar Alive! features music by Tarrega, Handel, Kohaut, John Dowland, Ida Presti, and Wayne Siegel, and interview...
Bought by Ohm Radio , WEKU, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KXIQ , WHQR and more
- Added: Apr 26, 2022
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 64
For the last two years the Kolkata Literary Meet has been a Zoom affair, but this year the audience is back and reminds Sandip just how important t...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Apr 19, 2022
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
We hear from Minnesota writer Marlon James, book 2 in his Dark Star Trilogy is now available, it’s called Moon Witch Spider King; Canadian writer H...
- Added: Apr 10, 2022
- Length: 59:59
We'll hear poets- many from the Harlem Renaissance and Black Arts Movements- reading their work, along with poetry set to music, and hip-hop. We'll...
- Added: Apr 07, 2022
- Length: 01:57:59
- Purchases: 12
At the Kolkata Book Fair Sandip wonders if anyone comes to the book fair anymore for actual books, and then 4 handwritten poems proved that they do.
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- Added: Apr 04, 2022
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
The classic novel, adapted for the stage.
Bought by KWMR, KMUN, Harford Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio, WPCA-LP and more
- Added: Mar 16, 2022
- Length: 01:58:00
- Purchases: 26
While the Russian army fills the news hour, Sandip remembers his childhood exposure to the folk tales of Ukraine.
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- Added: Mar 07, 2022
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
British Nigerian writer Lizzie Damilola Blackburn talks about learning to love one’s self in her novel Yinka Where is your Husband; Jonathan Evison...
Bought by KNCT FM
- Added: Mar 07, 2022
- Length: 59:58
- Purchases: 1
All little Davie wanted was a Bart Simpson toy. But instead, his father bought him a porcelain piggy bank. Etgar Keret’s most widely read short sto...
- Added: Feb 24, 2022
- Length: 06:06
MN writer Anika Fajardo's 2019 memoir, Magical Realism for Non-Believers, is about connecting with her father who had moved back to his home countr...
- Added: Feb 19, 2022
- Length: 12:37
Featuring writers Seressia Glass, Naomi Krupitsky, Kevin Birmingham and Jean Chen Ho. Also Children's Book contributor, Tracy Kampa.
- Added: Feb 19, 2022
- Length: 01:00:00
On this episode of Wind & Rhythm we feature the music of David Maslanka; three pieces that were inspired by the writings of the recently passed Bud...
Bought by Delmarva Public Media, WQCS, WRTI, KWAX, WBAA and more
- Added: Feb 02, 2022
- Length: 59:31
- Purchases: 9
How can a profession in the building trades lend itself to the craft of writing? And what does building a house have to do with social justice orga...
- Added: Jan 31, 2022
- Length: 05:53
A top 10 countdown of our favorite WWR authors and interviews, best children's books of the year, and looking towards 2022.
- Added: Jan 14, 2022
- Length: 59:59
On today’s show…You ever have the urge to escape? To get in your car and just drive and keep on driving? That’s what Phoebe Fox’s main character di...
- Added: Jan 01, 2022
- Length: 59:57
In the aftermath of the death of his father (by tuberculosis) and in the face of losing his mother to another country and a second husband, Fernand...
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- Added: Dec 14, 2021
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Dec 13, 2021
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 1
Our show is Presenting Fernando Pessoa with translator and biographer Richard Zenith. This first of two episodes focuses on Pessoa’s “breakout” yea...
- Added: Dec 07, 2021
- Length: 58:35
A recent trip to the Shillong Literary Festival gives Sandip pause to consider just what was missing for over a year.
- Added: Nov 30, 2021
- Length: 06:00
Amanda Jayatissa grew up in Sri Lanka, attended college in California, and lived in the UK before moving back to Sri Lanka. She works as a corporat...
- Added: Nov 27, 2021
- Length: 12:53
Today we’ll hear about an #OwnVoices psychological thriller from newcomer Amanda Jayatissa; Canadian writer Lecia Cornwall has a new work of histor...
- Added: Nov 27, 2021
- Length: 01:00:00
We hear from writer Ruth Ozeki-- her new novel is called The Book of Form and Emptiness. Historian Nathaniel Philbrick’s new travel memoir is Trave...
- Added: Nov 21, 2021
- Length: 01:00:00
We'll hear from Paula Hawkins, Leila Slimani, Freya Sampson, and Children's Librarian Tracy Kampa.
- Added: Nov 21, 2021
- Length: 59:55
