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Poetry from Prison

From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music

Poetry about the prison experience, including poets by inmates.

Added: Feb 25, 2017
Length: 56:07

Poet Alice Friman

From: New Letters on the Air

Alice Friman reads from her most recent of her six poetry collections THE VIEW FROM SATURN, VINCULUM, and THE BOOK OF THE ROTTEN DAUGHTER. She talk...

Bought by WNJR, WMUU-LP, and WNJR

Added: Jan 11, 2017
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 3

The Write Question - Joe Wilkins - 261

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question

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

"Remind Me That I'm Wild" by Tera Freese (8/11/16)

From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads

Caption: Remind Me That I'm Wild, Credit: The Master Key Press

Our guest is Tera Freese. Her book of poetry, Remind Me That I'm Wild [The Master Key Press], with illustrations by Lindy Kehoe, was nominated for...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio

Added: Aug 18, 2016
Length: 07:19
Purchases: 1

Poet Dennis Finnell

From: New Letters on the Air

Winner of the 2012 Bellday Poetry Prize for his fourth book, PIE 8, Dennis Finnell discusses his unique approach to composing this work and how it ...

Bought by WNJR

Added: Aug 03, 2016
Length: 30:00
Purchases: 1

Father/Daughter Poets, Willis and Aliki Barnstone

From: New Letters on the Air

Father and daughter poets Willis and Aliki Barnstone share their work, talk about how they influence each other, and read from poems old and new.

Bought by WNJR

Added: Jul 22, 2016
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

What Lies Between Us

From: KALW
Series: Sandip Roy's Dispatches from Kolkata

Every immigrant has a coming to the America memory. Nayomi Munaweera came to America when she was 12. It was the mid eighties. And Duran Duran.....

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio and KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio

Added: Jul 12, 2016
Length: 06:00
Purchases: 2

Reel Discovery: The BFG

From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery

On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin journeys to a magical (and dangerous) world of giants with Steven Spielberg's The BFG.

Added: Jul 01, 2016
Length: 03:00

Episode 23 - The Shadows

From: Kitty Felde
Series: Book Club for Kids

Would you like to step into a painting? You can in Jacqueline West's book "The Shadows." It was the choice of the Girlfriends Book Club of Baltimor...

Added: May 10, 2016
Length: 17:35

Poet and Professor Ellen Bryant Voigt

From: New Letters on the Air

A 2015 MacArthur "Genius" Fellow Ellen Bryant Voigt talks with fellow poet and professor, Michelle Boisseau, about her collection HEADWATERS. Voigt...

Bought by WNJR

Added: Jan 21, 2016
Length: 30:30
Purchases: 1

Art Beat Presents: " Rachael Hanel "

From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat

On this episode of Art Beat, we visit with a Minnesota author who grew up in Waseca. This individual recently published a memoir. We visit with Rac...

Added: Dec 28, 2015
Length: 29:02

The Write Question - Kim Heacox - 256

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question

Kim Heacox talks about and reads from his novel 'Jimmy Bluefeather,' winner of the 2015 National Outdoor Book Award for literary fiction.

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

Added: Dec 10, 2015
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 6

Poets Greg Field and Denise Low

From: New Letters on the Air

We conclude Native American Heritage Month with Greg Field and Denise Low. Drawing upon their Native heritage, Greg Field reads from his 2014 book ...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WMUU-LP, and WNJR

Added: Dec 02, 2015
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 3

The Write Question - Annick Smith - 257

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question

Annick Smith talks about and reads from her memoir 'Crossing the Plains with Bruno.' She also comments on the importance of story during life trans...

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

Added: Nov 13, 2015
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 6

The Write Question - Amy Ragsdale - 255

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question

Amy Ragsdale talks about the year she and her family spent in a small town in northeastern Brazil, and the memoir she wrote about their experiences...

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

Added: Oct 12, 2015
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 6

Chilean-American author Marjorie Agosin

From: New Letters on the Air

The author of the 2015 International Latino Book Award-winning young adult novel, I LIVED ON BUTTERFLY HILL, Marjorie Agosín has always felt outsid...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WNJR

Added: Oct 01, 2015
Length: 30:30
Purchases: 2

MN Reads: The War Came Home With Him: A Daughter's Memoir

From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads

We visit with editor, journalist and author Catherine Madison, whose latest book, The War Came Home with Him: A Daughter's Memoir has just been pub...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSRQ

Added: Sep 10, 2015
Length: 07:49
Purchases: 2

The Write Question - Craig Lancaster - 245

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question

Craig Lancaster talks about and reads from his fifth novel, THIS IS WHAT I WANT. He also describes his journey from copy editor to full-time author.

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

Added: Aug 17, 2015
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 6

Vermont Poet Laureate Sydney Lea

From: New Letters on the Air

Vermont Poet Laureate (2011-2015), Sydney Lea reads for the Writers Series sponsored by the literary magazine, PLEIADES at the University of Centra...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WNJR, KWMR, and XRAY.fm

Added: Aug 13, 2015
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 4

Novelist Rebecca Makkai: Writing, Art, and Families

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Caption: Author Rebecca Makkai, Credit: Philippe Matsas

From beautifully-crafted short fiction to page-turning gothic novels, Rebecca Makkai puts art at the heart of her work.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNJR, WABE, KPIP-LP, and KPVL

Added: Jul 21, 2015
Length: 28:29
Purchases: 5

Resilience: Two Sisters and a Story of Mental Illness

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question

Jessie Close talks about and reads from her memoir, Resilience: Two Sisters and a Story of Mental Illness.

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

Added: Feb 13, 2015
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 3

"Citizen Swain: Tales from a Minnesota Life" by Thomas H. Swain

From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads

Tom H. Swain's long career spanned the spheres of politics, education, and business. But for decades, even long past retirement, he has also serve...

Bought by KSRQ

Added: Feb 12, 2015
Length: 06:14
Purchases: 1

Claudia Emerson: Past American Voice

From: New Letters on the Air

We pay tribute to Pulitzer Prize winner Claudia Emerson, the former Virginia Poet Laureate (2008-10) who died December 4, 2014. Emerson deftly port...

Bought by WABE and WNJR

Added: Dec 31, 2014
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 2

Memoirist Cheryl Strayed

From: New Letters on the Air

Cheryl Strayed's memoir, WILD: FROM LOST TO FOUND ON THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL, took over twenty years to write and has since been selected by Oprah'...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KQED, WNJR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WJCU