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A crime novelist and poet talks about where in England her books are set, why she chose a hypnotherapist as a character in this novel, "Kind of Cru...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 24, 2013
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Khadijah Queen
On Skype, Cathy Byrd talks to poet Khadijah Queen about her creative practice and shares poems from her latest book, "Black Peculiar."

  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 15:03
Caption: Pamela Redmond
Can we ever atone for the sins of the past? Or does each generation of women invent itself anew? In THE POSSIBILITY OF YOU, bestselling author Pam...

  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 13:39
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Radio Curious speaks with Elizabeth Holtzman, a former congresswoman, former District Attorney of Brooklyn, New York and author of Cheating Justic...

  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
Caption: Flannery O'Connor in 1962, Credit: Joe McTyre/Atlanta Constitution
Tom Perrotta, the author of "Little Children", "Election" and the upcoming novel "The Leftovers", speaks with ThoughtCast about a writer who fascin...

  • Added: Apr 11, 2011
  • Length: 30:00
Caption: Ursula K. Le Guin, Credit: Photo Credit: Richard Jensen
Dmae Roberts features author Ursula K. Le Guin.

Bought by Room Tone Selects and KLCC


  • Added: Nov 05, 2010
  • Length: 28:57
  • Purchases: 2
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Novelist Laura Moriarty was a practicing social worker, when she began indulging in the "hobby" of writing. Then she sold her novel and she became...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 29:00
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An interview with Megan Marshall, the biographer of The Peabody Sisters -- three women who helped found the Transcendentalist movement in the mid-1...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Sep 06, 2009
  • Length: 35:58
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Clifton on the cover of 'Wild Blessings'
Poet Lucille Clifton is widely acclaimed for her powerful explorations of race, womanhood, and spirituality.

Bought by WRNC-LP, KVSC, and CKMO


  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Author Terry Tempest Williams
Terry Tempest Williams discusses her book which draws parallels between the Rwandan genocide and the plight of the Utah prairie dog

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KVMR


  • Added: May 05, 2009
  • Length: 23:57
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: Orville, Katharine and Wilbur Wright, Credit: Library of Congress
Why you've never heard of the Wright Brothers' sister, Katharine.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
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Growing up is never easy ... but some of us make light of things like junior high angst by writing books based on our experience. This is author Sa...

  • Added: Dec 13, 2006
  • Length: 06:59
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The author of the Bottom Dollar Girls series talks about being a first-time novelist and writing about all the crazy characters she finds in rural ...

  • Added: Nov 14, 2006
  • Length: 09:31
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A profile of Alix Olson - award winning spoken word performance artist/activist considered by some “one of the ten most dangerous women in America.”

Bought by KUER, KUT, KZYX, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., Marfa Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 27:30
  • Purchases: 11
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Poets Nikki Giovanni and Lucinda Roy discuss their roles as African American poets in contemporary America and share personal visions of the "Middl...

Bought by KPVL and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Apr 06, 2005
  • Length: 29:51
  • Purchases: 2