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Grace Paley's Short Story "The Loudest Voice"
From: New Letters on the Air
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A holiday favorite, this highly anthologized short story is read by the late author Grace Paley. "The Loudest Voice" is an amusing tale about a lit...

Bought by WDCB, GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, and KBBI Alaska


  • Added: Dec 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
More with Georgia Author Philip Lee Williams
From: New Letters on the Air
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Author of the 2022 book EDEN'S LAST HORIZON: POEMS FOR THE EARTH, Georgia nature writer and poet Philip Lee Williams discusses his earlier poetry b...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Khadijah Queen
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Poet Khadijah Queen discusses her new collection of poetry, "Anodyne."

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, WYAP and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Arizona Poet Laureate Alberto Ríos
From: New Letters on the Air
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We continue our month-long series that features current State Poets Laureate with Alberto Ríos, named Arizona's inaugural Poet Laureate in 2013. In...

  • Added: Aug 14, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Poet and New Letters Magazine Editor Robert Stewart
From: New Letters on the Air
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For Labor Day weekend, listen to Robert Stewart, the St. Louis born writer and editor of NEW LETTERS magazine, as he talks about his creative proce...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Aug 31, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Joyce Lynette Hocker - 328
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author and therapist Joyce Lynette Hocker discusses her memoir, "Trail to Tincup: Love Stories at Life's End." She also reads a short selection.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 06, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Beat: Joyce Sutphen - "The Body I Once Lived In"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Joyce Sutphen, Minnesota's current Poet Laureate was one of the first contributors to Northern Community Radio's "The Beat".

  • Added: Dec 16, 2015
  • Length: 01:39
The Beat: Tyra Eckleman - "Haiku"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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At Northland Community School in Remer, Lacey Riopelle's 4th graders recently wrote and recorded haiku poetry using the traditional Japanese three ...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2015
  • Length: 01:01
The Beat: Seth Bjornrud - "Til The Morn"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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Seth Bjornrud is a paraprofessional in Sara Breeze's class at Schoolcraft Learning Community.

  • Added: May 15, 2015
  • Length: 01:40
Remembering Melvin McCosh
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
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Melvin McCosh was a poet, musician and bookstore owner who sold out of his home, and later in Dinkytown and the West Bank. KFAI producer Britt Aamo...

Bought by WDSE


  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 06:02
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat: Julia Oxenreider - "Sara"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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The literal translation of Julia Helene Oxenreider is: Youthful, changing soft-haired sunlight riding ox. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Min...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 01:33
The Beat: Danica Mindt - "Cupcakes"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat
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AnnaMae Sovick's first graders at Schoolcraft Learning Community spent a semester learning all about food and why people eat what they eat. Then th...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:44
  • Purchases: 1
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!: Galen Green on Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Galen Green
Songwriter Galen Green discusses his approach to writing songs inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland. Written and performed for the mont...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 11, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents! Michael Wallenfels discussing Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
From: Geoff Larson
Series: The Bushwick Book Club Seattle Presents!
Caption: Michael Wallenfels, Credit: Mark Blasco
Songwriter Michael Wallenfels discusses writing songs inspired by Mark Twain's A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court. Written and performed ...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jan 10, 2012
  • Length: 05:00
  • Purchases: 1
Virginia Festival of the Book
From: With Good Reason
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With Good Reason brings you highlights from the 2011 Virginia Festival of the Book

  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 28:57
The Smashing Story
From: Kendra Greene
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"The Elephant Who Liked To Smash Small Cars" enthralled me as a kid. As an adult, trying to track down a copy of the book took me across the country.

Bought by KUT and PRX Remix


  • Added: Mar 05, 2010
  • Length: 15:00
  • Purchases: 2