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Neil McMahon, author of 'L.A. Mental'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Neil McMahon’s riveting new thriller, L.A. MENTAL is a mind-bending blend of nano-tech paranoia and classic murder mystery, set in a city on the ed...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Nick Tosches discusses "Save the Last Dance for Satan"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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The author of seventeen books, Nick Tosches lives in New York City.

  • Added: Sep 07, 2011
  • Length: 30:45
The Call of the Wild: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Actor Robert Redford reads passages from Jack London's great American novel. The program also features Patagonia founder, Yvon Chouinard, and many ...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, KRZA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
A Conversation with Liz Lerman, Part Two
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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In part two of our conversation with Choreographer Liz Lerman, we explore false dichotomies, including the one that opposes art to science

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 08, 2011
  • Length: 25:11
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Valerie Boyd
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Biographer Valerie Boyd talks about the life and work of Zora Neale Hurston.

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 28:17
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Azar Nafisi
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Author of two memoirs about her life in Iran, Reading Lolita in Tehran and Things I've Been Silent About, Azar Nafisi talks about her books, her li...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 25:05
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Luis Alberto Urrea
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Author Luis Alberto Urrea talks about the inspiration for and writing of his novel Into the Beautiful North, which takes place from Sinaloa, Mexico...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 25:54
  • Purchases: 1
A Conversation with Writer, Unai Elloriaga
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Basque writer Unai Elorriaga and Amaia Gabantxo, translator of Elorriaga's novel Plants Don’t Drink Coffee, discuss the book as well as the art of ...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2011
  • Length: 25:51
Tess Gerritsen discusses "The Silent Girl"
From: Steven Nester
Series: Poets of the Tabloid Murder
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A physician and the author of fourteen novels, Tess Gerritsen lives in Maine.

  • Added: Jul 20, 2011
  • Length: 28:22
The Importance of Work
From: The Drucker Institute
Series: Drucker on the Dial
Caption: Author Richard Ford, Credit: Sahlan Hayes
Host Phalana Tiller interviews Geoffrey Brewer of the Gallup Press and novelist Richard Ford. And Bloomberg Businessweek online columnist Rick Wart...

Bought by KFOK-LPFM


  • Added: Jun 10, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 1
Bound Like Grass: A Memoir from the Western High Plains, by Ruth McLaughlin
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Ruth McLaughlin talks with The Write Question producer Chérie Newman about growing up near Culbertson, Montana, and the legacy...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Talking Poetry in Our Time with Nicholson Baker and Franz Wright
From: Open Source
Caption: Nicholson Baker
Part of "Whose Words These Are," our look at poetry in our time: first Christopher Lydon in conversation with novelist Nicholson Baker, whose novel...

Bought by KALW, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, KUT, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WEOS and more


  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 6
On Walden
From: Katie Hargrave
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When will I get over my obsession with Walden Pond? As a 20something interested in connecting to nature, is Thoreau the best example?

Bought by KSFR


  • Added: Mar 23, 2011
  • Length: 10:18
  • Purchases: 1
Alyson Hagy, Ghosts of Wyoming: Stories
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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With the stories in her latest collection, Ghosts of Wyoming, Alyson Hagy illuminates the complex issues of life in the West with characters so rea...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 01, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Alex Smith, Andrew Smith, and Ken White: Winter In The Blood, the film
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, the Smith brothers and Ken White talk with TWQ producer Chérie Newman about their screenplay adaptation of James Welch's novel...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 23, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
James Lee Burke, The Glass Rainbow
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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James Lee Burke's eagerly awaited new novel find Detective Dave Robicheaux back in New Iberia, Louisiana, and embroiled in the most harrowing and d...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 30, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Bonifant Books
From: Andrew Hiller
Series: Andrew Hiller's Commentaries
Caption: Andrew Hiller
A sentimental look at the closing of Andrew Hiller's favorite used book store.

Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 07, 2010
  • Length: 02:09
  • Purchases: 1
Lauren Kessler, journalist and author of Finding Life in the Land of Alzheimer's
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Lauren Kessler worked for minimum wage as an RA (resident assistant) while writing FINDING LIFE IN THE LAND OF ALZHEIMER'S (formerly titled, Dancin...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 16, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Cave Canem, an African-American Writers' Center
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: PRX default Piece image
This show features the work of younger poets whose first books were published as a result of winning the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, including Natasha...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 29:00
Award-winning novel "Netherland" with Joseph O'Neill
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Joseph O'Neill
NETHERLAND, the 2009 novel by Joseph O'Neill, won the PEN/Faulkner award. He discusses the arduous process of writing the book, which is set in hi...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 29:00
"Take Me Out to the Ballgame: A Baseball Anthology"
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: PRX default Piece image
No other sport has inspired as much poetry as baseball. Today's anthology features works by former U.S. Poet Laureates and other lovers of the sport.

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
United States Poet Laureate Kay Ryan
From: New Letters on the Air
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The 16th U.S. Poet Laureate Kay Ryan talks about what led her to become a poet at 19, how she justifies and legitimizes being a poet to herself and...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 28:56
Poet Linda Rodriguez
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Linda Rodriguez, Credit: Mike Ransdell
We continue our celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month with Linda Rodriguez, author of the debut poetry collection HEART'S MIGRATION from ...

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: :00
  • Purchases: 1
The Poet
From: andy boyd
Series: I Am Not a Metaphor
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Andy attends a poetry reading on Mill Ave.

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: May 20, 2009
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
This I Believe - Luis Urrea
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Luis Urrea believes he is a better writer and better person when he’s open to the world around him.

Bought by KPTZ, Port Townsend, WA, KSFR, WEZU, KFOK-LPFM, WEZU and more


  • Added: May 13, 2009
  • Length: 03:57
  • Purchases: 6

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