PRX - Pieces for Topic: Women
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Dawn Powell wrote novels about people like herself: outsiders who’d come to New York City in the early twentieth century to make a name for themsel...
Bought by KALW
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 22:02
- Purchases: 1
Sharma Shields discusses her novel, The Cassandra. She also reads a short passage.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: Aug 20, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Journalist and director of arts and culture for the city of Detroit Rochelle Riley interviews author Marie Benedict.
Bought by WKAR
- Added: Jun 15, 2019
- Length: 54:30
- Purchases: 1
Jamie Harrison discusses her new historical novel, The Widow Nash. She also reads passages from the book.
Bought by KWMR, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and KSJD
- Added: Sep 29, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
All the origin myths of Rome are rape narratives. Dr. Celene Lillie has found resistance to Rome's culture of rape and domination in Gnostic texts...
- Added: Jun 02, 2017
- Length: 57:57
- Purchases: 2
This is a series of quotations from women who were passionate about their politics, power and immortality. They sought justice, equality, knowledge...
- Added: Mar 02, 2016
- Length: 29:28
- Purchases: 2
Jami Ake questions the role of marriage in Shakespeare's plays and whether the famous playwright qualifies as a feminist.
Bought by Prairie Public
- Added: Jan 04, 2016
- Length: 15:11
- Purchases: 1
Katharine Weber discusses her historical novel TRIANGLE, about the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.
- Added: Jan 29, 2015
- Length: 27:20
Historian and writer Eve LaPlante talks about her book, MARMEE AND LOUISA. It’s about the powerful relationship between Louisa May Alcott and her m...
- Added: Jan 29, 2015
- Length: 28:57
NEA Lit Fellow and author Margot Livesey discusses The Flight of Gemma Hardy---her reimagining of Jane Eyre. [32:40]
Bought by KPIP-LP
- Added: Feb 11, 2014
- Length: 32:40
- Purchases: 1
Radio Curious visits with historian Sam Thomas, author of “The Midwife's Tale” a mystery series based on the real life of Bridget Hodgson, a lady a...
- Added: Dec 30, 2013
- Length: 29:01
Actress Mary-Louise Parker said this is one her favorite novels of all time and so she jumped at the chance to read excerpts. There's commentary by...
Bought by Room Tone Selects, KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, WXAV 88.3FM Chicago and more
- Added: Aug 18, 2011
- Length: 29:07
- Purchases: 7
The mother of one of our greatest American writers. Long thought to be illiterate ... revealed by her letters to have a distinctive writing voice t...
- Added: May 17, 2011
- Length: 03:00
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
