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What's the Word? Al Pacino's Shakespeare

From: Modern Language Association

Actor Al Pacino's mission to bring Shakespeare to a wider audience...

Bought by WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.

Added: Apr 26, 2007
Length: 29:59
Purchases: 4

HEAT -- Chance Encounters of Love

From: Murray Street Productions
Series: HEAT with JOHN HOCKENBERRY

Chance encounters of love with singer Nora York, renown chef Vertamae Grosvenor and a reading of Raymond Carver's "What We Talk About When We Talk ...

Bought by WCPN, KERA, WCQS, and KUT

Added: Apr 03, 2007
Length: 58:34
Purchases: 4

What's the Word? Women Public Intellectuals

From: Modern Language Association
Series: What' s the Word? - A series of half-hour programs to celebrate Women's History Month in March

While men of letters have traditionally achieved the influential position of public intellectual, in the twentieth century a number of important wo...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WLIW, WNMU-FM, WLIW, CHSR-FM 97.9 and more

Added: Mar 13, 2007
Length: 29:45
Purchases: 17

What's the Word? Medieval Women

From: Modern Language Association
Series: What' s the Word? - A series of half-hour programs to celebrate Women's History Month in March

A literary view of the lifestyles of medieval women.

Bought by KETR-FM, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo., WKMS, KZYX, WLIW and more

Added: Feb 23, 2007
Length: 29:32
Purchases: 27

What's the Word? Women Warriors

From: Modern Language Association
Series: What' s the Word? - A series of half-hour programs to celebrate Women's History Month in March

From Joan of Arc to GI Jane--a look at women warriors.

Bought by KETR-FM, KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, RadioFreePalmer, KVNF, WHFR and more

Added: Feb 23, 2007
Length: 29:54
Purchases: 29

What's the Word? Elizabeth I and Victoria

From: Modern Language Association
Series: What' s the Word? - A series of half-hour programs to celebrate Women's History Month in March

Literary portrayals of Queen Elizabeth I and Queen Victoria

Bought by WLIW, WNMU-FM, WLIW, CHSR-FM 97.9, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more

Added: Feb 23, 2007
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 12

What's the Word? Pride and Prejudice

From: Modern Language Association
Series: What' s the Word? - A series of half-hour programs to celebrate Women's History Month in March

Jane Austen's _Pride and Prejudice_ continues to be popular nearly two hundred years after it was first published.

Bought by WLIW, WNMU-FM, WLIW, CHSR-FM 97.9, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more

Added: Feb 22, 2007
Length: 29:46
Purchases: 14

Edgar Allan Poe's Vericose Vein Clinic's Plus 'Squirrels Gone Wild'

From: Joel Brussell

Fake Commercials for Edgar Allan Poe's Vericose Vein Clinics Plus Squirrels Gone Wild

Added: Nov 08, 2006
Length: 03:09

What's the Word? Taking Hip-Hop Seriously

From: Modern Language Association

Hip-hop culture's roots and influence

Bought by WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KRCB 104.9 and more

Added: Sep 28, 2006
Length: 29:08
Purchases: 12

What's the Word? Rock and Roll

From: Modern Language Association

The evolution, influence, and energy of a genre

Bought by WFHB, Raven Radio, WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more

Added: Sep 13, 2006
Length: 29:08
Purchases: 11

Episode 5 - 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

Episode 5 features former poet laureates Anthony Hecht, Maxine Kumin, Reed Whittemore, and newly appointed laureate Donald Hall.

Bought by WCPN, WFHB, North Country Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KRUA and more

Added: Jul 27, 2006
Length: 01:04:05
Purchases: 8

Michael and the DTs

From: Jackson Braider
Series: Tales of an Irish M.D.

A celebrated Dublin surgeon learns how to diagnose the DTs (the Delirium Tremors) from a local scout.

Added: Jul 05, 2006
Length: 02:57

Mean Streets USA: A Collection of Short Crime Fiction

From: KCRW

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

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

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

"Youth, Day, Old Age, & Night" by Walt Whitman, recited by 6-yr.-old Gareth

From: Aaron Sanders

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

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

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

The Lumberyard: A Radio Magazine of Poetry, Prose, & Music 1:11

From: Aaron Sanders

poems by Naomi Ayala, Amanda Cagle, Jacob Overdurff, Taylor Mali, Chris Anderson, Pit Pinegar, Annarose Fitzgerald, Aaron Mushengyezi, and Jennifer...

Bought by KTNA

Added: Mar 13, 2006
Length: 29:07
Purchases: 1

Episode 2 - 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

Episode 2 features former poet laureates from the 1990s: Joseph Brodsky, Mona Van Duyn and Robert Pinsky. They read some of their most famous poe...

Bought by WCPN, WFHB, North Country Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KRUA and more

Added: Mar 09, 2006
Length: 01:04:01
Purchases: 10

Episode 1 - 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

Episode 1 features poet laureates Mark Strand, Gwendolyn Brooks and Ted Kooser discussing the art and craft of writing poetry and reading some of t...

Bought by WETS, WCPN, WFHB, North Country Public Radio, Kansas Public Radio and more

Added: Mar 02, 2006
Length: 01:04:02
Purchases: 13

Seuss Abuse

From: Susan Johnston
Series: Spoken Word: The Capital Poetry Collective Series

Kevin Matthews' short social commentary, a tongue-in-cheek take on Dr. Seuss

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis

Added: Feb 19, 2006
Length: 03:10
Purchases: 1

Natural Fluidity

From: Susan Johnston
Series: Spoken Word: The Capital Poetry Collective Series

Ritallin performs live: A passionate and erotic piece from one of Canada's best spoken word artists

Added: Feb 19, 2006
Length: :53

Part 3: Power of Words

From: Vermont Public
Series: Iran Today

In Iran writers, especially poets, enjoy pop-star status. Despite the dangers poet Simin Behbehani has used her work to speak out for human rights ...

Added: Feb 17, 2006
Length: 08:13

What's the Word? Petrarch and Love Poetry

From: Modern Language Association