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Poet Jeanne Marie Beaumont
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Jeanne Marie Beaumont
Poet Jeanne Marie Beaumont's books include CURIOUS CONDUCT and PLACEBO EFFECTS, and her collection, BURNING OF THE THREE FIRES. She assembles ever...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
National Book Award-winning poet and translator, Robert Bly
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Robert Bly
Esteemed poet and translator, Robert Bly, is joined by sitarist David Whetstone in this public reading for the Midwest Poets Series. Bly reads a ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 28, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Music Played in His Head and He Began to Dance
From: Barry Vogel
Series: Radio Curious
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Storytelling, like radio, brings pictures to the mind of the listener and allows each one of us to imagine what we hear. Radio Curious visits with ...

Bought by KKRN


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Great Gatsby: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Welcome to the Jazz Age. This lyrical portrait of The Great Gatsby features readings by actor Sam Waterston and commentary by Robert Redford, among...

Bought by Prairie Public, KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, KRZA and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:13
  • Purchases: 7
Neil Gaiman: A Reading and Interview
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Writers on a New England Stage
Caption: Neil Gaiman waits backstage, Credit: David J. Murray, Clear Eyed Photo
Multimedia sensation reads from the new edition of "American Gods," and talks Twitter, Dr. Who, and the power of librarians with host Virginia Pres...

Bought by KSRQ, Connecticut Public (WNPR), and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 49:27
  • Purchases: 3
Ann Patchett's State of Wonder
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Writers on a New England Stage
Caption: Author Ann Patchett
An hour long reading and interview with Ann Patchett recorded in front of a live audience at the Portsmouth Music Hall in June, 2011.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 53:30
  • Purchases: 1
Shakespeare in London
From: Christopher Werth
Caption: Shakespeare
An old church in London may hold secrets concerning Shakespeare and the great English actors of his era.

Bought by Marfa Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 21, 2011
  • Length: 04:24
  • Purchases: 1
Jenni Fallein, poet and painter
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, TWQ producer Chérie Newman talks with Jenni Fallein about her new collection of poetry, IF BEAUTY WERE A SPY. The conversation...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 17, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Al Hirschfeld, January 20, 2003
From: Jonathan Thomas Stratman
Series: Who Died Today
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He was an artist. And you've likely seen his stuff.

  • Added: Jan 17, 2011
  • Length: 03:01
Head Water Basement Blues Riff
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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Arts & Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack visits with SCSU Professor Rex Veeder about the Head Water Blues Basement Riff Fundraiser for Take H...

  • Added: Nov 11, 2010
  • Length: 29:49
The Creative Circle
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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A diverse group of writers has been meeting regularly in a small coffee shop in Albany, MN for the past three years to create, critique, and caffei...

  • Added: Aug 20, 2010
  • Length: 29:47
Harvey Pekar: American Splendor
From: Murray Street Productions
Series: Independent Minds
Caption: Harvey Pekar, Credit: michaelz1 via FLICKR
Give your listeners a look at life's unpredictable pageant through the eyes of the engagingly grumpy comic book author Harvey Pekar.

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Jul 14, 2010
  • Length: 36:07
  • Purchases: 1
On Stage Theater in St. Cloud!
From: KVSC
Series: St. Cloud Area Arts & Culture Collage
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Please join Arts & Cultural Reporter Jeff Carmack for a feature covering the rather unique and inspiring people and organizations which create a re...

  • Added: May 17, 2010
  • Length: 28:58
Patty Feld and The Year of Magical Thinking
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Arts
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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
Sunday Morning Self Amusement
From: Scott Meyers
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A poem written & read by Scott Meyers

  • Added: May 17, 2009
  • Length: 02:00
Smallest Gallery in Town
From: Rendered
Series: Destination DIY
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Take an audio tour of a crawl space turned gallery.

Bought by WFIU


  • Added: Apr 19, 2008
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 1
Author Stephen Poleskie in conversation about his life, art and his book "The Balloonist."
From: Tish Pearlman
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Stephen Poleskie in conversation about his life as an artist and writer

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 27:30
Jan On Jack
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
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Jan Kerouac delivering her own poem to Jack over his own poem 30 years previously.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, and KGLT


  • Added: Apr 21, 2005
  • Length: 06:34
  • Purchases: 3