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Feminist Poets: Past American Voices
From: New Letters on the Air
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For Women's History Month, we feature a special program about four important feminist poets who led the the next generations into the 21st century....

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WNMU-FM, KBIA, WNMU-FM, WDCB and more


  • Added: Mar 08, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 19
How many ways can we ‘Spell Heaven’?
From: Out in the Bay - Queer Radio from San Francisco
Caption: Pacifica Municipal Pier, Credit: Toni Mirosevich
How do we find human connection? Being “in with the out crowd?" Author and poet Toni Mirosevich finds peers on the pier. She reads from her latest ...

Bought by WORT


  • Added: Oct 04, 2022
  • Length: 28:50
  • Purchases: 1
WITNESS IN THE DARK: Two Short Plays by Dominique Morisseau
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Dominique Morisseau
WITNESS IN THE DARK, features two plays by Dominique Morisseau, a MacArthur Genius Grant recipient and Tony Award nominee for Ain't Too Proud: The ...

Bought by Prairie Public, KUNM, and Connecticut Public (WNPR)


  • Added: Dec 24, 2020
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 3
Clarion Collection
From: New Letters on the Air
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The NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR Classics Series begins with a look back at our 2013 Clarion Award-winning year for Best Radio Talk/Interview Program fro...

Bought by WUOT 91.9 FM


  • Added: Aug 04, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Golem and The Jinni
From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds
Caption: My interpretation of Chava, the Golem.
I talk with Helene Wecker, author of "The Golem and The Jinni," a novel about Jewish and Arabic mythological characters meeting in New York.

Bought by WABE and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago


  • Added: Dec 27, 2019
  • Length: 24:02
  • Purchases: 2
Pam Jenoff, author of "The Lost Girls of Paris"
From: Boise State Public Radio
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Bob Kustra interviews Pam Jenoff about her latest novel "The Lost Girls of Paris"

  • Added: Jul 30, 2019
  • Length: 29:46
Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda: Two short plays by Jonathan Bernstein and Kate Robin
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Callie Thorne
Shoulda, Woulda, Coulda, offers two romantic comedies with questionable romance! In At The Water’s Edge, Wet, a Production Stage Manager and his S...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), KUNM, Georgia Public Broadcasting, and WHRV


  • Added: Jul 05, 2017
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 4
Novelist Kristin Hannah and “The Nightingale”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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It’s 1939 in southern France and World War II is taking over the lives of two sisters, Vianne and Isabelle. In this well-researched historical nove...

Bought by WRST-FM Oshkosh


  • Added: Oct 06, 2016
  • Length: 09:57
  • Purchases: 1
Novelist Jayne Anne Phillips
From: New Letters on the Air
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For Women's History Month, we revisit a novel that's built around real life West Virginia murders of a widow and her three children during the Grea...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Mar 11, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Crime Novelist Linda Rodriguez
From: New Letters on the Air
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National Novel Writing Month and Native American Heritage month come together again in the work of Linda Rodriguez. She talks about how her mystery...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNJR, and KRZA


  • Added: Nov 18, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Waking Up: A short play by Cori Thomas
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Singles [8-35 minute short plays, plus interviews]
Caption: Lynette Freeman
A perfect choice for Breast Cancer Awareness month is Waking Up by Cori Thomas. It juxtaposes the experiences of an American urbanite's and an Afri...

  • Added: Nov 05, 2015
  • Length: 18:02
Novel Explores the Meaning of Home
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Megan Kruse talks about and reads from her debut novel, Call Me Home

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 27, 2015
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 3
J. California Cooper: Past American Voice
From: New Letters on the Air
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Short Description: We honor the life of the playwright and American Book Award-winning fiction writer J. California Cooper, who passed away Septemb...

Bought by WCPN and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 20, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - David Allan Cates - 242
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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David Allan Cates talks about and reads from his latest novel, Tom Connor's Gift.

Bought by KGLT, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSJD, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
Crime novelist Neely Tucker and "The Ways of the Dead"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This first in a new mystery series is written by a veteran Washington Post reporter and is based on a true crime, the Princeton Place Murders, that...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Aug 18, 2014
  • Length: 09:53
  • Purchases: 2
Lisa See and her “China Dolls”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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It’s 1938 in San Francisco. War is brewing around the world, but America's entry into World War II is still several years away. Meanwhile in this ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 27, 2014
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 1
Novelist Thomas Keneally
From: New Letters on the Air
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We mark the centennial of the start of World War I with the acclaimed author of 29 books, including the well-known SCHINDLER'S LIST (originally SCH...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Author Isabel Allende's first crime novel: Ripper
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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A Chilean-born author, Isabel is best known for her novels and memoirs. But now, after deciding not to retire from writing books after all, she's ...

Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Apr 14, 2014
  • Length: 09:59
  • Purchases: 2
Crime Novelist and Investigative Reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan
From: New Letters on the Air
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Acclaimed crime fiction writer and Emmy-winning investigative reporter, Hank Phillippi Ryan reads from her Mary Higgins Clark award-winning novel, ...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Author Amy Tan and “The Valley of Amazement”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This Chinese-American novelist, perhaps best known for her book, "Joy Luck Club," takes readers to Shanghai and its International Settlement where ...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 10:04
  • Purchases: 1
Crime novelist Sophie Hannah and "Kind of Cruel"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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A crime novelist and poet talks about where in England her books are set, why she chose a hypnotherapist as a character in this novel, "Kind of Cru...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 24, 2013
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 1
Afropolitan Taiye Selasi and "Ghana Must Go"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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This debut novel opens up in west Africa with a death and is a portrait of a modern family. Listen in for Taiye’s timely comments on the biggest m...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: May 03, 2013
  • Length: 09:56
  • Purchases: 1
Author Siobhan Fallon and “You Know When the Men Are Gone”
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Siobhan’s debut collection of short stories is that most unusual of war books. It's not about the battlefields. Most of the stories take place at F...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Mar 16, 2013
  • Length: 10:05
  • Purchases: 1
Interview with Alison Hawthorne Deming. Sunday, December 4, 2011
From: Words On A Wire
Series: Words On A Wire (Best Of)
Caption: Alison Hawthorne Deming
Poet, essayist, and teacher, Alison Hawthorne Deming compares the northeast and southwest landscapes and their different impacts on her writing pro...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 29:02
Author Kathryn Stockett and "The Help"
From: Diana Korte
Series: Booktalk
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Kathryn's debut novel, "The Help," is a black-white history lesson that's never been told quite like this before. Through the lives of several wome...

Bought by KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 10:04
  • Purchases: 1