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PN 16-18 "Breadwinning for Birds" by Alli Warren

From: The Poetry Foundation
Series: PoetryNow

Caption: Alli Warren, poet, Credit: Andrew Kenower

Alli Warren mingles tropes of baseball, horticulture, and birdwatching as she celebrates her life.

Bought by KSKA, KALW, KENW, and PRX Remix

Added: Oct 18, 2016
Length: 04:00
Purchases: 4

The Mysterious James Tiptree

From: Eric Molinsky
Series: Imaginary Worlds

Caption: Alice Sheldon, Credit: Eric Molinsky

Alice Sheldon served in the OSS and the CIA. And then she went deep undercover posing as a male science fiction writer. It wasn't an assignment, it...

Bought by WABE and PRX Remix

Added: Mar 12, 2015
Length: 23:44
Purchases: 2

The Witches' Hammer

From: Hold That Thought

Caption: Agnes Sampson and witches with devi, Credit: Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons

How magic and law shaped the witch trials of early modern Europe

Added: Oct 28, 2014
Length: 29:33

Novelist Debra Brenegan

From: New Letters on the Air

For the holiday weekend, we look back in history at Sara Payson Willis, a novelist, journalist, and feminist who wrote under the pseudonym "Fanny F...

Bought by WJCU

Added: Jul 09, 2014
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 1

Maxine Kumin: Past American Voice

From: New Letters on the Air

We begin the celebration of Women's History Month with a tribute to Maxine Kumin, who died on February 6, 2014 at the age of 88. A former Consultan...

Bought by KRZA, KVSC, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KQED

Added: Mar 07, 2014
Length: 29:00
Purchases: 4

A Conversation with Veteran, Lynn Hill

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Lynn Hill discusses her participation in "Holding It Down" -- Vijay Iyer's and Mike Ladd's performance piece based on the dreams of veterans of col...

Bought by KPIP-LP

Added: Feb 18, 2014
Length: 26:45
Purchases: 1

A Conversation with Author, Lillian Faderman

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Lillian Faderman's writes a "reconstructed memoir" about her mother's life as an immigrant factory worker and single mother during the Great Depres...

Bought by KPIP-LP

Added: Feb 18, 2014
Length: 27:52
Purchases: 1

If You Could Be Mine

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

A new novel by Sara Fraizan explores the issues of gender orientation. But, what sets this work apart from its predecessors is that it’s written fo...

Bought by KCBX

Added: Aug 20, 2013
Length: 28:58
Purchases: 1

Culturology: Dan Sinykin reviews "Silhouette of a Sparrow" by Molly Beth Griffin

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology

Caption: "Silhouette of a Sparrow" by Molly Beth Griffin

Dan Sinykin gives us a succinct, clear, and intriguing synopsis of Molly Beth Griffin's coming of age novel.

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio

Added: Jan 07, 2013
Length: 03:33
Purchases: 1

A Conversation about Edgar Allan Poe with Laura Lippman

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Mystery writer Laura Lippman talks about the terrifying brilliance of Edgar Allan Poe and his classic short story, "The Fall of the House of Usher"...

Bought by KPIP-LP, KMXT, and WXAV 88.3FM Chicago

Added: Oct 26, 2012
Length: 29:32
Purchases: 3

The Beat: Erin Lynn Marsh- "Mathematics For Mother"

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Beat

Erin Lynn Marsh has been published in Sugarhouse Review, Post Road Magazine, and Paper Darts. She holds an MFA from Lesley University in Boston, is...

Added: Sep 19, 2012
Length: 01:56

The Possibility of You

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words

Can we ever atone for the sins of the past? Or does each generation of women invent itself anew? In THE POSSIBILITY OF YOU, bestselling author Pam...

Added: May 09, 2012
Length: 13:39

Real Good Words: Cheryl Strayed - "Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Coast Trail"

From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords

Minnesota author Cheryl Strayed joins Heidi Holtan to discuss her honest and raw new book.

Bought by KSRQ

Added: Apr 24, 2012
Length: 26:27
Purchases: 1

Women Writers and Community

From: New Letters on the Air

In this special anthology, we explore how women writers foster community across boundaries. Novelist Lisa See shares stories about Chinese women wr...

Bought by WRKF and WJCU

Added: Mar 21, 2012
Length: 29:01
Purchases: 2

A Conversation with Jennifer Egan

From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works

Novelist Jennifer Egan talks about her National Book Critics Circle Award-Winning book, A Visit from the Goon Squad.

Bought by KPIP-LP

Added: Aug 05, 2011
Length: 29:24
Purchases: 1

Novelist and Book club favorite Sarah Dunant

From: New Letters on the Air

Historical novel writer Sarah Dunant talks about she applies her background writing thrillers to write more literary books. The author of the best...

Added: Unknown
Length: 29:00

The Cutting Place

From: Lu Olkowski
Series: In Verse: Women of Troy

A documentary poem about DJ Guerin, who’s 32, with 7 kids.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WMNF, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), New Hampshire Public Radio, and Remix Radio

Added: Nov 03, 2009
Length: 05:03
Purchases: 5

Just a Girl

From: Lu Olkowski
Series: In Verse: Women of Troy

A documentary poem about an afternoon spent with Billie Jean Hill at the Flag Day parade in Troy, New York. Billie Jean is a 25-year-old woman with...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WMNF, Third Coast Festival/Re:sound (Outside Purchaser), New Hampshire Public Radio, BBC Americana and more

Added: Nov 03, 2009
Length: 04:59
Purchases: 6

Between Civil War and Civil Rights -3: Democracy's Denial: Revolutions in Wilmington (1898 --

From: Alan Lipke
Series: Between Civil War and Civil Rights

Caption: Wilmington's black newspaper--after the "riot" and coup

In 1898, White Supremacist Democrats in North Carolina overthrew Wilmington's integrated administration. The plotters killed dozens of African Amer...

Bought by WCPN and KUNM