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Boxcar Poet
From: Adam Allington
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93-year-old Clive Haswell is a poet who spent his youth riding the rails and playing poker

Bought by WDET Detroit Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 28, 2006
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 1
Episode 24: Interview with Joni Cole
From: Gary Smith
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An interview with Joni Cole, author, "This Day: Diaries from Women Across America"

  • Added: Apr 23, 2006
  • Length: 30:03
Memoir Cafe: Episode 26
From: Gary Smith
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Episode 26: A pot pourri of stories by women about men!

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 25:56
  • Purchases: 1
Memoir Cafe: Episode 27
From: Gary Smith
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This week's stories are about failure and success, often entwined.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 30:04
Memoir Cafe: Episode 25
From: Gary Smith
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In this 25th episode of Memoir Cafe, women write about reacting to the events around them.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 30:33
The Writers Studio Season 2, featuring Walter Mosley
From: KERA
Series: The Writers Studio Season 2
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A one hour interview with internationally acclaimed author Walter Mosley

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 58:43
  • Purchases: 2
The Writers Studio Season 2, featuring James Ellroy
From: KERA
Series: The Writers Studio Season 2
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A one hour interview with internationally acclaimed author James Ellroy

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 57:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Writers Studio Season 2, featuring Umberto Eco
From: KERA
Series: The Writers Studio Season 2
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A one hour interview with internationally acclaimed author Umberto Eco

Bought by Marfa Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 56:40
  • Purchases: 3
Mean Streets USA: A Collection of Short Crime Fiction
From: KCRW
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Classic and contemporary noir detective stories, read by actors

Bought by KZYX, Indie3 Radio, WSLR, KUNM, KHNS and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 06:10:21
  • Purchases: 9
The Writers Studio Season 2, featuring Margaret Drabble
From: KERA
Series: The Writers Studio Season 2
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A one hour interview with internationally acclaimed author Margaret Drabble

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 59:30
  • Purchases: 2
The Writers Studio Season 2, featuring Joan Didion
From: KERA
Series: The Writers Studio Season 2
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A one hour interview with internationally acclaimed author Joan Didion

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 56:13
  • Purchases: 3
The Writers Studio Season 2, featuring Bret Easton Ellis
From: KERA
Series: The Writers Studio Season 2
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A one hour interview with internationally acclaimed author Bret Easton Ellis

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 14, 2006
  • Length: 57:22
  • Purchases: 1
Evergreen interview w/ DANIEL SCHWARZ author of fascinating book "Imagining the Holocaust"
From: Out of Bounds
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Schwarz discusses his groundbreaking book "Imagining the Holocaust"

  • Added: Apr 12, 2006
  • Length: 29:29
Lost in Wonderland
From: Noah Burbank
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Would it surprise you to hear that Sleeping Beauty, a fire-breathing dragon, Prince Charming, and our president all have something in common? Stanf...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2006
  • Length: 22:00
"Appearances" in a "Rose Garden"? Author Joanne Greenberg on her writing, her life, and mental illness
From: Claudia Cragg
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"People don't understand most of us get up off the floor, spit out the carpet and get on with it..."

  • Added: Apr 05, 2006
  • Length: 17:14
Episode 4 - Life Distilled: Four Decades of U.S. Poet Laureates
From: New Letters on the Air
Series: Life Distilled: Four Decades of U.S. Poet Laureates
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Episode 4 features Howard Nemerov, Billy Collins and William Stafford. Optional 5-minute drop-in also available.

Bought by WCPN, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WFHB, KWIT, North Country Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2006
  • Length: 01:04:04
  • Purchases: 12
The Voice of the People -- Chris Ransick, Denver Poet Laureate
From: Claudia Cragg
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The new Denver Poet Laureate talks about the power of poetry and being 'The Voice of the People'

  • Added: Apr 04, 2006
  • Length: 13:55
April 2: Great Celebrities/ Emile Zola (in Russian)
From: Alona Suvórova
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Birthday piece

  • Added: Apr 01, 2006
  • Length: 03:27
"Youth, Day, Old Age, & Night" by Walt Whitman, recited by 6-yr.-old Gareth
From: Aaron Sanders
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Six-year-old Gareth has a voice made for poetry. He recites Walt Whitman's "Youth, Day, Old Age & Night."

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KRZA, KFAI Minneapolis, New Hampshire Public Radio, KRUA and more


  • Added: Mar 31, 2006
  • Length: :48
  • Purchases: 6
"Little Boy Lost" by William Blake, recited by 6-yr.-old Gareth
From: Aaron Sanders
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Six-year-old Gareth has a voice made for poetry. He recites William Blake's "Little Boy Lost."

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KRUA, and KGLT


  • Added: Mar 31, 2006
  • Length: :28
  • Purchases: 3
Episode 3 - Life Distilled: Four Decades of U.S. Poet Laureates
From: New Letters on the Air
Series: Life Distilled: Four Decades of U.S. Poet Laureates
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Episode 3 of Life Distilled features former U.S. Poet Laureates Richard Wilbur, Robert Hass, Rita Dove and Stanley Kunitz. Optional 5-minute drop-...

Bought by WCPN, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WFHB, North Country Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio and more


  • Added: Mar 27, 2006
  • Length: 01:04:00
  • Purchases: 11
Book Review: The Worst Hard Time
From: KRCC-FM
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Book review of dustbowl history

  • Added: Mar 17, 2006
  • Length: 06:15
New York City's 8th Annual Teen Poetry Slam, Hosted by Urban Word
From: WFUV
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Interviews and orations by the New York City poetry scene's newest and youngest voices.

Bought by KRUA


  • Added: Mar 15, 2006
  • Length: 03:11
  • Purchases: 1
Oprah Spins a Yarn
From: Ken Cormier
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Commentary on the Oprah Winfrey/James Frey controversy

  • Added: Mar 14, 2006
  • Length: 04:27
March 13: Great Celebrities/ Sergey Mikhalkov ( in Russian)
From: Alona Suvórova
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Birthday piece

  • Added: Mar 14, 2006
  • Length: 03:45

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