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Chicagoans Consider Their Road Not Taken
From: Curie Youth Radio
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Robert Frost's famous poem helps us reflect on our own paths.

Bought by PRX Remix and KUT


  • Added: Apr 27, 2009
  • Length: 01:53
  • Purchases: 2
The Mindful Path to Sustainability
From: Bill Baue
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Stephanie Kaza links buddhism and sustainability in her new book, MINDFULLY GREEN: A Personal and Spiritual Guide to Whole Earth Thinking. Sea Cha...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2009
  • Length: 29:03
Every Family Has a Legend
From: Deborah Begel
Series: Calling America: Give Us Your Stories, Poems & Essays
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Legends, how we remember.

  • Added: Nov 12, 2008
  • Length: 03:02
Show 10: John Wesley Harding
From: Bill King
Series: Shakespeare in the Alley: Bob Dylan's Poetics
Caption: Released Dec. 1967
The JWH album traces Dylan's relationship with America and his spritual journey from outlaw to family man, from joker to thief.

Bought by KPIP-LP, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), WMNF, KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm, and WETS


  • Added: Aug 14, 2008
  • Length: 01:02:25
  • Purchases: 5
The Truffula Trees and WE!
From: Voices of Youth - Moab
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revisiting the Seuss classic

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 1
A Story About How I'm Not Going to Tell One by Annie Kahane
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2008
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Her first year in the competition, Annie says this piece is about a boy who thought he deserved a story. Annie Kahane is 19 years old and a member...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:04
The Theme of Revival in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Novelist Alice Walker discusses the theme of revival in Zora Neale Hurston's "Their Eyes Were Watching God."

Bought by KOSU


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
Poetry Out Loud Champion Chris Estevez Recites "Bilingual/Bilingue"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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2006 Poetry Out Loud Pennsylvania State Champion Chris Estevez recites "Bilingual/Bilingue" by Rhina P. Espaillat, a poem about the challenges of g...

Bought by WBHM


  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Power of Music in "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter"
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Literary Moments
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Musician Blake Hazard discusses the power of music in Carson McCullers' novel, "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter."

  • Added: Mar 25, 2008
  • Length: 01:29
The Faith Club
From: Ellen Mahoney
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A Muslim, a Christian and a Jew shed light on love, faith and understanding.

  • Added: Jan 17, 2008
  • Length: 24:34
This I Believe - George Bowering
From: This I Believe
Series: This I Believe
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Canadian poet George Bowering believes human intellect is the closest thing we have to the divine.

Bought by WEZU, WEZU, and KJZZ


  • Added: Aug 22, 2007
  • Length: 03:24
  • Purchases: 3
"Kill the Editor" by Kim Truong
From: WBEZ
Series: Louder Than a Bomb 2007
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There is an editor within each of us, and sometimes that editor needs to be killed. This poet is a student at Maine East High School (Park Ridge,...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:26
RN Documentary: Seamus Heaney: Bogging In Again
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Documentaries
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Poet and Nobel laureate revisits dark past in response to recent wars and violence

Bought by KICI Iowa City, KPIK-LP, KUAC, KWMR, WABE and more


  • Added: Dec 27, 2006
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 12
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
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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
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
"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
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
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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
A Review of Rise Up Singing: Black Women Writers on Motherhood
From: Nanci Olesen
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Nanci Olesen describes her (very positive) reaction to Rise Up Singing, Black Women Writers on Motherhood

  • Added: Feb 16, 2006
  • Length: 01:34
How To Destroy A Book
From: Peter Crimmins
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A San Francisco library book vandal evokes artistic reaction.

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio, WMPG, WBEZ, and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 29, 2005
  • Length: 05:33
  • Purchases: 4
Paternalism
From: Talking History
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Interview with David Leverenz on the transformation of the image of the role and image of the father. Raymond Geselbracht comments on the relations...

  • Added: Mar 06, 2005
  • Length: 29:00
National Poetry Month Commentary
From: Brian Beatty
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A humorous look at the rhyming, if not cruelest, month.

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WKMS, and Public Interactive


  • Added: Feb 15, 2005
  • Length: 01:25
  • Purchases: 3

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