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More from Husband and Wife Writers Geoffrey Brock & Padma Viswanathan
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Geoffrey Brock
In part two of this interview with husband and wife writers, poet Geoffrey Brock and novelist Padma Viswanathan, the couple discusses their shared ...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Nov 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Remembering Bharati Mukherjee
From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata
Caption: Bharati Mukherjee, Credit: Photo by Sandip Roy
Bharati Mukherjee is gone but she left the light on for many of us.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 06, 2017
  • Length: 06:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Chris Dombrowski - 274
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Chris Dombrowski talks with Sarah Aronson about 'Body of Water: A Sage, A Seeker, and the World's Most Alluring Fish,' which is part memoir, part r...

Bought by KWMR, KGLT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KCMJ Community Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Write Question - Kent Davis - 272
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author and game designer Kent Davis talks about books one and two in his 'A Riddle In Ruby' YA series.

Bought by KWMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KCMJ Community Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Write Question - Allen Morris Jones - 271
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
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Allen Morris Jones talks about and reads from his novel 'A Bloom of Bones'

Bought by KGLT, KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 11, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Snow and Winter
From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music
Caption: Poetry & Music, Credit: Donald Wendland
Impressions of the onset of winter and snow, with music by Frederic Chopin.

  • Added: Dec 03, 2016
  • Length: 56:51
The Write Question - Pete Fromm - 270
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Pete Fromm, author of 'Indian Creek Chronicles,' talks about and reads two short passages from his second memoir, 'The Names of the Stars: A Life i...

Bought by KWMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KCMJ Community Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Nov 29, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Nature Writer Gary Ferguson
From: New Letters on the Air
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Gary Ferguson speaks about wilderness, loss, grief, and the symbolism of loons as reads from his memoir, THE CARRY HOME: LESSONS FROM THE AMERICAN ...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Nov 09, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Seth Kantner - 269
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Seth Kantner talks about growing up in rural Alaska -- 100 miles above the Arctic Circle -- and the essays in his collection 'Swallowed by the Grea...

Bought by KWMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Oct 31, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Polish Poet Adam Zagajewski
From: New Letters on the Air
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Poet Adam Zagajewski (zah-gah-yev-ski), the 2016 recipient of the Griffin Lifetime Achievement Prize for Excellence in Poetry, was born in Lwow, Po...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Oct 26, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Carmen Giménez Smith - 268
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Carmen Giménez Smith talks poetry, politics, and feminism, and reads from 'Milk and Filth.'

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KSJD and more


  • Added: Oct 24, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Write Question - Paula McLain - 267
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Paula McLain talks about and reads from her latest novel Circling the Sun, which tells the story of the (actual) Beryl Markum with a first-person n...

Bought by KWMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, KGLT, KSJD and more


  • Added: Oct 04, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Jacqueline Woodson, ANOTHER BROOKLYN & Deborah Levy HOT MILK
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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Award-winning author Jacqueline Woodson talks about her novel Another Brooklyn (longlisted for National Book Award.) It’s in the form of a coming-o...

  • Added: Sep 28, 2016
  • Length: 59:00
The Write Question - Keth McCafferty - 265
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Keith McCafferty talks about and reads from the fifth book in his Sean Stranahan mystery series, Buffalo Jump Blues. He also talks about real-life ...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Yellowstone Public Radio, KSJD, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 19, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Write Question - Megan McNamer - 263
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Megan McNamer talks about and reads from her novel 'Children and Lunatics,' winner of a Black Lawrence Press Big Moose Prize.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 02, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Tim McDonnell's latest book is a 'why-do' manual for paddling
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Tim McDonnell grew up on the edge of the Boundary Waters and has been writing about wilderness for years. He joined WTIP's Dick Swanson to talk abo...

  • Added: Aug 25, 2016
  • Length: 19:35
The Write Question - Joe Wilkins - 261
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Joe Wilkins talks about how he makes poems and reads from his collection 'When We Were Birds'

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 19, 2016
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 5
10-Minute Writer's Workshop #2 - Patti Smith
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: 10-Minute Writer's Workshop
Caption: Patti Smith chatting with Virginia Prescott backstage at The Music Hall in Portsmouth
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
Iraqi Poet & Journalist Duyna Mikhail
From: New Letters on the Air
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Poet and journalist Dunya Mikhail reads from her three books: THE WAR WORKS HARD, DIARY OF A WAVE OUTSIDE THE SEA, and THE IRAQI NIGHTS. Pushed ou...

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 08, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Glen Chamberlain - 254
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Glen Chamberlain talks about the stories in her collection, 'All I Want Is What You've Got.' She also reads several passages and tells why she ditc...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KCMJ Community Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Jun 21, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Write Question - Beth Hunter McHugh - 252
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Beth Hunter McHugh talks about and reads from her award-winning debut novel 'The Actor.'

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KSJD, Yellowstone Public Radio, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 06, 2016
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5
The Write Question - Christine Carbo - 251
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Christine Carbo talks about her crime novels, which are set in Glacier National Park, and tells why she created a fictional GNP police force. She a...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KSJD


  • Added: Jun 01, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Dr. Anton Treuer touring state answering questions, dispelling myths about Indian people & culture
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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Dr. Anton Treuer is professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University, and author of 14 books, including "Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians...

  • Added: May 27, 2016
  • Length: 14:58
The Write Question - Samuel Western - 250
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Journalist and novelist Samuel Western talks about the characters in his novel, 'Canyons,' tension in fiction, cowboys, guns, hunting, and the high...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KSJD, KGLT, Yellowstone Public Radio, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: May 23, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Memoir & More from David Baumgarten
From: Guy Rathbun
Caption: David Baumgarten
A life out of the ordinary: Through memories, songs and poetry, David Baumgarten chronicles his early days in Southern California to his many trave...

  • Added: May 08, 2016
  • Length: 08:20