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Home Planet: In The Mood...For A Good Book.
From: Spokane Public Radio
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Like a lot of people, columnist Cheryl-Anne Millsap misses having a little fun between the covers...of a good book.

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 08, 2005
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 1
Paternalism
From: Talking History
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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
RN Documentary: Will the Real Will Shakespeare Please Stand Up?
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Focus on Poetry
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Harvard professor Stephen Greenblatt and Amsterdam writer Rodney Bolt face off in a discussion on the authorship of Shakespeare’s plays moderated b...

Bought by KFCF FM, WCPN, KQED, and WHQR


  • Added: Feb 22, 2005
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 4
Barry, Bob & Me
From: Brian Beatty
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An aspiring writer discovers that inspiration and imitation aren't the same thing.

  • Added: Feb 20, 2005
  • Length: 04:00
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
What's the Word? W. E. B. Du Bois
From: Modern Language Association
Series: What's the Word? Two half-hour programs celebrating Black History Month
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Considered by many the most important African American leader of the early twentieth century, sociologist, historian, author, teacher, and activist...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KICI Iowa City, KUOW, KVNF, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Feb 03, 2005
  • Length: 29:10
  • Purchases: 47
Dr. Seuss
From: Talking History
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Philip Nel author of Dr. Seuss American Icon talks with host, Bryan Le Beau and shares some interesting information about the man, his life and more.

Bought by WHQR


  • Added: Dec 28, 2004
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Tribute to Spalding Gray
From: Jon Kalish
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Interviews with Gray and those who knew him, as well as excerpts from one of his performances.

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KFAI Minneapolis, WHQR, and WUFT


  • Added: Dec 16, 2004
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 4
A Celebration of Southwest Storytellers Part 3: Rina Swentzell, Demetria Martinez, and John Nichols
From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Caption: Demetria Martinez
A multi-cultural trio of notable New Mexico writers - Rina Swentzell, Demetria Martinez, and John Nichols - are featured in the third installment ...

Bought by KUNM, KRZA, KUT, and WUFT


  • Added: Nov 21, 2004
  • Length: 58:55
  • Purchases: 4
Sounds in a Cowboy's Head
From: Claes Andreasson
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Cowboy Poetry in Elko, Nevada

Bought by KUNM and WZBC


  • Added: Nov 18, 2004
  • Length: 10:23
  • Purchases: 2
The Changing (and Ghoulish) Faces of Halloween
From: Jackson Braider
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How Halloween has -- and hasn't -- changed over the years.

Bought by WTJU, KKWE Niijii Radio, KSRQ, WRST-FM Oshkosh, KBUT Crested Butte, Colo. and more


  • Added: Oct 28, 2004
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 9
What's the Word? Cookbooks as Literature
From: Modern Language Association
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Cookbooks can be more than just a source of recipes.

Bought by WVTF, WNMU-FM, WRGY, WLIW, WLIW and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2004
  • Length: 30:02
  • Purchases: 29
What's the Word? Literary Feasts
From: Modern Language Association
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In literature, feasts often serve as central events in telling a story.

Bought by Raven Radio, WVTF, WDCB, WNMU-FM, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 19, 2004
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 40
SubwayLand
From: WFUV
Series: Subculture Series
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New York Times columnist Randy Kennedy finds his writing muse underground

Bought by KALW and PRX Remix


  • Added: Sep 24, 2004
  • Length: 04:18
  • Purchases: 2
Norman Mailer Interview
From: Lydon McGrath Productions
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Novelist Norman Mailer talks politics on the eve of the Republican Convention

Bought by PRX, WUAL, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 23, 2004
  • Length: 20:00
  • Purchases: 3
Creative Renewal Arts Fellowship Documentary
From: M. Travis DiNicola
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A documentary about Indianapolis' Creative Renewal Arts Fellowships which has granted 150 "artistic sabbaticals" since 1999.

  • Added: Aug 20, 2004
  • Length: 29:55
The Writers Studio, featuring Maxing Hong Kingston
From: Abby Goldstein
Series: The Writers Studio
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A one-hour interview with internationally acclaimed author Maxine Hing Kingston

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio and WFIU


  • Added: Aug 18, 2004
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
The Writers Studio, featuring Alice Walker
From: Abby Goldstein
Series: The Writers Studio
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A one-hour interview with internationally acclaimed, award winning author Alice Walker.

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WGBH Radio Boston, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 18, 2004
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 3
The Writers Studio, featuring Julia Alvarez
From: Abby Goldstein
Series: The Writers Studio
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A one-hour interview with accomplished author Julia ALvarez

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KRCU Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 18, 2004
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 3
The Writers Studio, featuring Nicholson Baker
From: Abby Goldstein
Series: The Writers Studio
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A one-hour interview with award winning author Nicholson Baker

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Audible, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WZBC


  • Added: Aug 18, 2004
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 4
Elsewhere
From: Hillary Frank
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Hillary Frank talks to Lois Lowry about her novel THE GIVER -- and finds out why the author's visit to Hillary's hometown makes a group of Russian ...

Bought by PRX Remix, The Story, Remix Radio, and WYSO


  • Added: Aug 18, 2004
  • Length: 05:30
  • Purchases: 4
The Writers Studio, featuring Tracy Kidder
From: Abby Goldstein
Series: The Writers Studio
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A one-hour interview with Pulizer Prize winning author Tracy Kidder

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Audible, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 18, 2004
  • Length: 59:04
  • Purchases: 3
The Writers Studio, featuring T.C. Boyle
From: Abby Goldstein
Series: The Writers Studio
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A one-hour interview with award winning author T.C. Boyle

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Audible, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Aug 18, 2004
  • Length: 01:18:57
  • Purchases: 3
Reclaiming Islam: A Woman's Perspective
From: Laura Jackson
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Muslim scholar Leila Ahmed argues for an alternative to fundamentalist Islam, for an oral, ethical tradition, passed down from mothers and grandmot...

Bought by KXOT Public Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WFUV, and KZYX


  • Added: Jun 30, 2004
  • Length: 17:40
  • Purchases: 4
Queeriosity
From: outLoud Radio at Youth Radio
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Amazing young poets explore attraction and identity through the spoken word.

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KGNU Community Radio, WFHB, WGDR, PRX Remix and more


  • Added: Jun 29, 2004
  • Length: 29:30
  • Purchases: 11

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