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SHE'S A MANEATER
From: melodically challenged
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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
An Outside Watcher Coming In: Book artist Felicia Rice
From: Suki Wessling
Series: The Babblery
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Book artist Felicia Rice on a lifetime of creating letterpress art and confronting the issues of our time.

Bought by KICI Iowa City


  • Added: Sep 25, 2023
  • Length: 57:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Dara Barrois/Dixon
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Poet Dara Barrois/Dixon (née Dara Wier) discusses her most recent collection, "Tolstoy Killed Anna Karenina."

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


  • Added: Sep 15, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Novelist Bushra Rehman: A Rose Grows in Corona,Queens
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Bushra Rehman, Credit: Andrea Dobrich
Novelist and poet Bushra Rehman celebrates the Pakistani-American community of 1980’s Corona, Queens and the coming of age of a queer Muslim girl a...

Bought by WSLR, RADIOLEX, RadioStPete Florida, KECG, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Mar 14, 2023
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 8
The Past American Voice of Poet Michelle Boisseau
From: New Letters on the Air
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Poet Michelle Boisseau died November 15, 2017 from cancer at age 62. In this interview conducted earlier this year at the Kansas City Public Libra...

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Crafting Spaces: Josina Manu Maltzman on Carpentry and Writing
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Josina Manu Maltzman, Credit: Photo Courtesy of Josina Manu Maltzman
How can a profession in the building trades lend itself to the craft of writing? And what does building a house have to do with social justice orga...

  • Added: Jan 31, 2022
  • Length: 05:53
The Write Question - Robin McLean
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author Robin McLean talks about her new book, "Pity the Beast."

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


  • Added: Dec 01, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
The Write Question - Mara Panich
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Poet and owner of Fact and Fiction bookstore Mara Panich discusses her debut poetry collection, "Blood is Not the Water."

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


  • Added: Oct 13, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - Kelly Schirmann
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Artist Kelly Schirmann discusses her newest book of poetry and prose, "The New World."

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


  • Added: Jul 21, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
The Write Question - Maggie Shipstead
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author and travel writer Maggie Shipstead discusses her newest novel "Great Circle" and what drives explorers to pursue the unknown.

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


  • Added: Jun 16, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Women Writing Women
From: New Letters on the Air
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In this special anthology program novelist Meg Wolitzer and poet Molly Peacock both discuss the importance of writing about the lives and work of w...

Bought by KBIA and WDCB


  • Added: Mar 10, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Gwen Florio
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Journalist, political commentator and author Gwen Florio discusses the first book in her new mystery series - "Best Laid Plans."

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


  • Added: Mar 04, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Clarion Collection
From: New Letters on the Air
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The NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR Classics Series begins with a look back at our 2013 Clarion Award-winning year for Best Radio Talk/Interview Program fro...

Bought by WUOT 91.9 FM


  • Added: Aug 04, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Prageeta Sharma - 429
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Prageeta Sharma discusses her collection of poetry, Grief Sequence. She also reads poems.

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


  • Added: May 21, 2020
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
The Journey Through Sorrow: Mary Shelley’s Post-Apocalyptic Novel The Last Man
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Caption: Woman at Sunset (1818), Caspar David Friedrich
Coping with being totally alone and the sorrow of loss after a global plague are powerfully depicted in Mary Shelley’s 1826 novel The Last Man. Eil...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2020
  • Length: 59:01
The Afternoon We Spent With Alice Notley
From: Marjorie Van Halteren
Caption: Poet alicce Notley and composer/poet Jeff Gburek in front of Alice's bookcase in Paris., Credit: Marjorie Van Halteren
An intimate conversation with poet Alice Notley at her home in Paris. Produced by award-winning producer Marjorie Van Halteren.

  • Added: Apr 11, 2020
  • Length: 34:02
RDD: The Velvet Knife
From: WGTE Public Media
Series: The Rough Draft Diaries with Haley Taylor
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This week we're talking to teacher at Toledo School for the Arts, playwright, and soon-to-be theater company owner, Megan Aherne. We're starting at...

  • Added: Jan 27, 2020
  • Length: 05:58
Madeline Miller talks about her novel Circe
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Madeline Miller, Credit: Nina Subin
The ever-compelling Greek myths fuel Madeline Miller's imagination. Circe is the second novel she sets among the god and goddesses and she puts the...

Bought by WKMS, Harford Community Radio, WMPG, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
The Write Question - Kelly Schirmann - 426
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Writer, musician, and artist Kelly Schirmann shares from her collection of poetry and prose pieces, "Popular Music." She also reads new work.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Sep 19, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 2
Carissa Andrews, Author
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Carissa Andrews lives in Crosslake, MN. She's a graphic designer, a freelance writer, raises five kids and is a prolific author. Andrews has publ...

  • Added: Feb 01, 2019
  • Length: 10:02
R2AC Artist Fellow: Carol Ann Russell
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Carol Ann Russell recently received an Artist Fellowship from the Region 2 Arts Council

  • Added: Nov 28, 2018
  • Length: 19:59
Bemidji's First Story Slam
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
Caption: Tricia Andrews
Bemidji hosted its first Story Slam Thursday, November 1st.

  • Added: Nov 02, 2018
  • Length: 14:06
Puposky Playwright's Original Work NYC Bound
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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All it takes is a spark. Several years ago, Cate Belleveau agreed to portray Mary Welsh Hemingway in a Beltrami County Historical Society fundrais...

  • Added: Aug 06, 2018
  • Length: 13:34
Poet Susan Aizenberg
From: New Letters on the Air
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Poet Susan Aizenberg discusses the use of fiction within poetry, admitting that she draws from real life, but notes that there is a distinction bet...

Bought by KFCF FM and WNJR


  • Added: Jul 18, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Barbara Schlichting: Author
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Area Voices
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Barbara Schlichting writes mystery novels with First Ladies at the center of them. We spoke to her about it!

  • Added: Jun 27, 2018
  • Length: 12:12