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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
Shelf Discovery: Girl Two: Taken by Molly Black
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows an FBI agent on a quest for the truth in the audio edition of Molly Black’s Girl Two: Taken.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, RADIOLEX, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 24, 2022
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Made in Manhattan by Lauren Layne
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a young socialite on a quest to transform a laidback Southern boy into a New York City CEO in Laure...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, RADIOLEX, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 17, 2022
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
2021 in Review
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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A top 10 countdown of our favorite WWR authors and interviews, best children's books of the year, and looking towards 2022.

  • Added: Jan 14, 2022
  • Length: 59:59
Shelf Discovery: Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows six travelers on a tropical vacation that goes horribly wrong in Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 10, 2022
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Constant Wonder - Whitman and Alabama, America in Maps
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Constant Wonder
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Topic 1: Whitman's poetry sheds light on human connections and national identity; Topic 2: How we can use maps to view American history differently.

Bought by WLRH and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 05, 2022
  • Length: 52:45
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: Good as Gold by Sarah Mlynowski
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels back to fairy tale land with two adventurous young siblings in the audio edition of Good as Gold, t...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Patrick Scully Brings Walt Whitman Out Into the 21st Century
From: KFAI Minneapolis
Series: 10,000 Fresh Voices
Caption: Patrick Scully and the cast of "Leaves of Grass - Illuminated" take a bow at the end of a staging of their production. , Credit: Mark Wojahn
‘Leaves of Grass - Illuminated’ is a live performance film of Patrick Scully's acclaimed stage play by the same name. Scully performs the role of r...

  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 06:25
What We're Reading, December 2021
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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On today’s show…You ever have the urge to escape? To get in your car and just drive and keep on driving? That’s what Phoebe Fox’s main character di...

  • Added: Jan 01, 2022
  • Length: 59:57
Shelf Discovery: Just Haven't Met You Yet by Sophie Cousens
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows a reporter on her quest for a fairy tale love story in Just Haven’t Met You Yet by Sophie Cousens.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, RADIOLEX, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 27, 2021
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Reel Discovery: The Tragedy of Macbeth
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Reel Discovery
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On the latest Reel Discovery, Kristin explores the classic story of a Scottish lord in Joel Coen’s adaptation of The Tragedy of Macbeth.

  • Added: Dec 24, 2021
  • Length: 03:00
Goodbye to All Fines
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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On October 5th, 2021, all three public library systems in New York City eliminated late fines. The change was 125 years in the making, and it made ...

Bought by Northeast Indiana Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 21, 2021
  • Length: 24:18
  • Purchases: 1
Shelf Discovery: Murder at an Irish Christmas by Carlene O'Connor
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin searches for a murderer at a family holiday gathering in Carlene O’Connor’s Murder at an Irish Christmas.

Bought by Harford Community Radio and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 20, 2021
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 2
Shelf Discovery: The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin explores the lives of a trio of ballerinas in The Ballerinas by Rachel Kapelke-Dale.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, RADIOLEX, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Christmas at the Restaurant by Pamela Kelley
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin returns to Nantucket for food and family in the audio edition of Pamela Kelley’s Christmas at the Restaurant.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, RADIOLEX, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Dec 07, 2021
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Shelf Discovery: Sway with Me by Syed M. Masood
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows an awkward teen on a quest to find love in author Syed M. Masood’s Sway with Me.

Bought by Harford Community Radio, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 29, 2021
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Children's Librarian Tracy Kampa Talks New Books! (November)
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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Time now to check in again with Tracy Kampa. She is the Children's Librarian at the Grand Rapids Area Library. Tracy is also our Children’s Books C...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2021
  • Length: 11:23
What We're Reading, November 2021 -- Full Show
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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Today we’ll hear about an #OwnVoices psychological thriller from newcomer Amanda Jayatissa; Canadian writer Lecia Cornwall has a new work of histor...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:00
Top of Mind - Locking Letters, The Tolkien Heir, Crabs and Coral Reefs
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: Before we had encrypted emails and security envelopes, people would protect their correspondence with fancy folding. Topic 2: How have J.R...

Bought by KSTK, RADIOLEX, KOWS, GCR (Global Community Radio), and WYAP


  • Added: Nov 23, 2021
  • Length: 51:39
  • Purchases: 5
Shelf Discovery: Twas the Knife Before Christmas by Jacqueline Frost
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin investigates a small-town murder during the holiday festivities with the audio edition of Jacqueline Frost’...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 22, 2021
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
What We're Reading, October 2021 -- Full Show
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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We hear from writer Ruth Ozeki-- her new novel is called The Book of Form and Emptiness. Historian Nathaniel Philbrick’s new travel memoir is Trave...

  • Added: Nov 21, 2021
  • Length: 01:00:00
What We're Reading, September 2021 -- Full Show
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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We'll hear from Paula Hawkins, Leila Slimani, Freya Sampson, and Children's Librarian Tracy Kampa.

  • Added: Nov 21, 2021
  • Length: 59:55
Shelf Discovery: The Return of the Pharaoh by Nicholas Meyer
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels to Egypt with a legendary detective and his faithful friend in Nicholas Meyer’s The Return of the P...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 15, 2021
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
Shelf Discovery: Christmas by the Book by Anne Marie Ryan
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin travels to the Cotswolds to visit a couple of booksellers on a quest to bring some holiday cheer to their t...

Bought by Harford Community Radio, RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Nov 08, 2021
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 4
More Children's Books with Librarian Tracy Kampa (October 2021)
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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Tracy Kampa recommends: Red, White, and Whole, by Rajani LaRocca While I Was Away, by Waka T. Brown Mel Fell, by Corey R. Tabor It Fell from the S...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2021
  • Length: 13:03

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