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A husband reflects on the pros and cons of serving with his spouse
- Added: Sep 07, 2024
- Length: :37
In the '80s and '90s, many Puerto Rican poets who lived in the contiguous United States wrote within a fixed mainland vs. island story. For them, t...
Bought by WFHB, Kansas Public Radio, KIYU-FM, KVSC, KHNS and more
- Added: Jul 25, 2024
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 8
In the '80s and '90s, many Puerto Rican poets who lived in the contiguous United States wrote within a fixed mainland vs. island story. For them, t...
- Added: Jul 25, 2024
- Length: :30
- Purchases: 2
Tess and Brock dive into the unconventional life of Sarah Orne Jewett by first venturing to Berwick Academy, the school that Jewett attended. As an...
- Added: Jul 25, 2024
- Length: 28:31
Tess and Brock explore Nathanial Hawthorne’s childhood home in Raymond, Maine. Hawthorne’s writing colors the house as an idyllic childhood summer ...
- Added: Jul 25, 2024
- Length: 28:11
Tess and Brock travel to Wiscasset, ME, to investigate the scene of James Weldon Johnson’s tragic death in a train accident. Author Russell Rymer g...
- Added: Jul 25, 2024
- Length: 28:14
Tess and Brock put the spotlight on Edna St. Vincent Millay, the 20th century poet and feminist icon. Millay was notorious for her active “social l...
- Added: Jul 25, 2024
- Length: 28:24
Tess and Brock try to get on the same wavelength as Edwin Arlington Robinson, also known as EAR, by visiting his birthplace in Gardiner, ME. To get...
- Added: Jul 25, 2024
- Length: 28:08
Tess and Brock stay close to home while studying Harriet Beecher Stowe, the 19th-century author famous for writing Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Susanna Aston...
- Added: Jul 25, 2024
- Length: 28:59
30 second promo for episode 3 of Dead Writers
- Added: Jul 24, 2024
- Length: :31
30 second promo for episode 2 of Dead Writers.
- Added: Jul 24, 2024
- Length: :31
30 second generic promo for Dead Writers.
- Added: Jul 24, 2024
- Length: :30
Author and photographer John Noltner talks about the Minnesota Book Award nominated "Lessons on the Road to Peace"
- Added: Apr 18, 2024
- Length: 07:21
A postcard from McArthur's Head Lighthouse on the remote Eastern shore of Islay, Scotland.
Bought by KTNA
- Added: Mar 14, 2024
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 1
World traveler, author, and photographer Autumn Carolynn talks about her new book "Traveling in Wonder"
- Added: Mar 07, 2024
- Length: 07:24
A postcard from the foot of the Canadian Rockies, up across the border.
Bought by KTNA
- Added: Dec 31, 2023
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 1
This mini-episode from The Babblery features writers Patrice Vecchione of Monterey and Tania Romanov of San Francisco, who both wrote books about w...
- Added: Sep 05, 2023
- Length: 26:23
Writer, teacher, and fly-fishing guide Micah Fields discusses "We Hold Our Breath: A Journey to Texas Between Storms," a debut memoir and piece of ...
Bought by KWMR, KSJD, Yellowstone Public Radio, WETS, and Spokane Public Radio
- Added: Jun 15, 2023
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 5
Insightful and whimsical poetry about summer vacations .
- Added: Jun 11, 2023
- Length: 59:21
A postcard about declaring independence from your internal monologue.
Bought by KTNA
- Added: Jun 09, 2023
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 1
Author Mary Logue talks about her new book "The Big Sugar"
- Added: Jun 05, 2023
- Length: 08:52
There are no visitor facilities. Roads are mostly washed-out jeep tracks. There is no water. And there's no way out, unless you come back the way y...
Bought by KFCF FM
- Added: Jun 03, 2023
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 1
In this episode, Emily speaks with writer and philosophy professor Chloé Cooper Jones about her memoir Easy Beauty, which chronicles her quest to w...
- Added: May 30, 2023
- Length: 53:50
Author Julie Jo Larson talks about her new book "100 Things to Do in Minnesota Before You Die"
- Added: Apr 27, 2023
- Length: 08:22
A literary postcard from Names on the Land by George R. Stewart.
Bought by KTNA
- Added: Apr 04, 2023
- Length: 02:00
- Purchases: 1