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Welcome to melodically challenged, where this week’s show is She’s a Maneater!—a collection of poems featuring history’s most dangerous and misunde...
- Added: Sep 26, 2023
- Length: 01:00:06
Alfred, Lord Tennyson famously wrote “’Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.” All of Cupid’s victims might beg to diff...
- Added: May 03, 2023
- Length: 01:00:06
Truman Capote, author of In Cold Blood, said, “Imagination…can open any door—turn the key and let terror walk right in.” This week on melodically c...
- Added: Oct 23, 2020
- Length: 01:00:03
It is an experimental radio piece based on the poem by the Argentine poet Oliverio Girondo. 25 seconds of life was created in the context of the ne...
- Added: Aug 14, 2018
- Length: 15:11
Poet Philip Schaefer discusses his award-winning collection of poems, Bad Summon. He also reads a selection of poems.
Bought by KWMR, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Mar 08, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
Ray Bradbury's best work... the movie's opening credits were done with audio voiceover while antennas (and no words) grace the opening screen...
- Added: Feb 18, 2017
- Length: 02:12:23
Zeb's just found a trailer which is lucky because crocobass tend to enjoy their prey while it's still alive.
- Added: Dec 27, 2015
- Length: 04:09
A man is driven to commit a horrible but seemingly perfect crime, only to find that 'getting away with it' is harder than it seems.
- Added: Sep 08, 2015
- Length: 14:20
Prisoners aren’t known for being emotional. But a program at a Maine jail has inmates sharing personal poems with each other.
Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio
- Added: May 27, 2015
- Length: 05:43
- Purchases: 1
We honor the life of poet Mark Strand, who passed away on November 29, 2014 at the age of 80. This archive recording features the former U.S. Poet ...
Bought by WNJR
- Added: Dec 24, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Poet Hadara Bar-Nadav refers to many works of art in her 2012 collection THE FRAME CALLED RUIN, while in her 2013 collection, LULLABY (WITH EXIT SI...
Bought by XRAY.fm
- Added: Jun 13, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
A radio drama adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's 'The Tell-Tale Heart.'
- Added: Feb 06, 2014
- Length: 36:05
A poet famous for writing about the civil rights movement and for epitomizing black arts movement feminism, Sonia Sanchez passed through Attica’s g...
Bought by KFOK-LPFM
- Added: Jan 27, 2014
- Length: 54:52
- Purchases: 1
Michigan has always been home to a number of bustling American enterprises, including the prison industry. Each year, the state's correctional faci...
- Added: Jan 27, 2014
- Length: 54:27
- Purchases: 2
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
A short explanation of how LeatherBound works along with a brief demonstration.
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 05:26
A small introduction to leatherbound.
- Added: Feb 18, 2013
- Length: 01:01
You're surrounded by strangers on the subway. Can you hide?
- Added: Oct 28, 2012
- Length: 01:34
Charlie Pulkrabek is a writer and visual artist living in the Bemidji area.
The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Mi...
- Added: Aug 27, 2012
- Length: 01:31
Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Guys Like That."
The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota...
- Added: Aug 17, 2012
- Length: 02:10
Sharon Harris is a member of the Jackpine Writer's Block, and a native of Park Rapids. She has published three books of poetry. Here Sharon Harris ...
- Added: Aug 17, 2012
- Length: 01:59
Dean Bakopoulos discusses his first novel about fathers and sons in middle America's working class. [30:40]
Bought by WNJR, KPIP-LP, and Marfa Public Radio
- Added: Jun 29, 2012
- Length: 30:40
- Purchases: 3
Today we hear stories by two giants of Mexican literature, Octavio Paz and Carlos Fuentes. The former is read by actor Tony Plana; the latter by th...
Bought by KUPR low power FM, KPIP-LP, WABE, and KQED
- Added: Aug 17, 2011
- Length: 52:59
- Purchases: 4
Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried (1990) is considered one of the finest books about the Vietnam War. But it's almost less about the war and m...
Bought by KICI Iowa City, WKMS, KMUN, KUER, KPIP-LP and more
- Added: Aug 16, 2011
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 8
On this edition of Art Beat we feature Minnesota poet Lightsey Darst. Darst was visiting Winona State University Professor James Armstrong's class ...
- Added: Oct 20, 2010
- Length: 31:07
