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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
Pulitzer 100: The Wondrous Junot Diaz (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Pulitzer Prize winning author Junot Diaz talks about love, loss, and his New Jersey childhood. -Jon Pineda's memoir "Sleep in Me" chronicles his s...

Bought by WCNY, KRDP, WMUU-LP, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and WTJU


  • Added: Sep 09, 2016
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 5
Nation of Nations (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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-Tom Gjelton NPR Correspondent and author of "A Nation of Nations" speaks about the changing demographics of America. -A Cuban exile feels at home ...

Bought by WCNY, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KEDT and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2016
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Nation of Nations (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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-With immigration rising, the U.S. will no longer have a white, Anglo ethnic profiles. -A Cuban exile in America discovers the Andy Griffith show.

Bought by WJCT, KWMR, WFHB, KVSC, KRZA and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
Meet the new Poet Laureate of the United States, Juan Felipe Herrera
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Juan Felipe Herrera Unity Poem Fiesta. , Credit: Courtesy University of California-Riverside
The new poet laureate of the United States and two-time National Endowment for the Arts fellow calls for everyone’s heart to speak out.

Bought by KPIP-LP, KFCF FM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WLPR , KPVL and more


  • Added: Sep 21, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 7
Poet Dan Vera translates the immigrant experience
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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In his recent book, Speaking Wiri Wiri, poet Dan Vera brings light and often laughter to the immigrant experience.

Bought by KPIP-LP, WABE, and WNJR


  • Added: May 05, 2015
  • Length: 28:29
  • Purchases: 3
'Midnight In Mexico': The Alt.Latino Interview With Journalist Alfredo Corchado
From: NPR Music
Series: Alt.Latino
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Midnight In Mexico is Alfred Corchado’s reflections on his reporting from mexico for various US based newspapers, including a step by step retellin...

Bought by WART FM, WKAR, KMUN, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 4
Latin@ Poetics and The Academy Part II
From: NPR Illinois
Series: Quiddity
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Jacob Saenz, Erika Sanchez, and Celeste Mendoza sit down with Quiddity‘s Amy Sayre Baptista in Part II discussion of Latin@ poetics in regards to t...

  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 14:57
Latin@ Poetics and The Academy
From: NPR Illinois
Series: Quiddity
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program
Ruben Quesada and Norma Cantu sit down with Quiddity‘s Amy Sayre Baptista in Part I discussion of Latin@ poetics in regards to their place in The A...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 17:35
  • Purchases: 1
PPW 02: Luis Rodriguez
From: Narrative Arts
Series: Prison Poetry Workshop Podcasts
Caption: Luis Rodriguez
Writer and Latino activist Luis J. Rodriguez was born in El Paso and grew up in East L.A. We went to talk Luis Rodriguez simply because he, and hi...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 11:03
  • Purchases: 1
The Diverse & Dynamic Latino Writers Collective
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Latino Writers Collective
We kick off National Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept.15-Oct.15) with members from the Kansas City Latino Writers Collective, who discuss the importa...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Sep 18, 2013
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
American Book Award-winner Luis Alberto Urrea
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Luis Alberto Urrea
Known for his book THE DEVIL'S HIGHWAY, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for nonfiction, and his American Book Award-winning memoir, NOBODY'S SON, Luis Al...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: May 10, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Luis Urrea
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Luis Urrea believes he is a better writer and better person when he’s open to the world around him.

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KSFR, WEZU, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU and more


  • Added: May 13, 2009
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 6
Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz
From: Radio Arte
Caption: PRX default Piece image
If she were a lesbian, there wouldn't be anything wrong with that, right?

Bought by WGDR


  • Added: Apr 11, 2005
  • Length: 06:43
  • Purchases: 1