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Poet Ellen Bass: Part 2
From: New Letters on the Air
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We continue National Poetry Month with part two of a conversation with poet Ellen Bass, the author of the 2020 book INDIGO. She discusses how, aft...

  • Added: Apr 21, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
US Poet Laureate Ada Limón
From: New Letters on the Air
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For National Poetry Month, we'll hear early work by our current U.S. Poet Laureate, Ada Limón. The author of six poetry books, including the 2022 c...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and KMUN


  • Added: Apr 17, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Episode 136: Michael Lewis on What Makes Some People Irreplaceable , 4/16/2023
From: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
Series: Kelly Corrigan Wonders
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What makes someone impossible to forget?

  • Added: Apr 13, 2023
  • Length: 59:08
MN Reads: "Tumbled" by Heather Wilde
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Heather Wilde talks about her new memoir "Tumbled"

  • Added: Mar 30, 2023
  • Length: 09:45
Novelist Bushra Rehman: A Rose Grows in Corona,Queens
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Bushra Rehman, Credit: Andrea Dobrich
Novelist and poet Bushra Rehman celebrates the Pakistani-American community of 1980’s Corona, Queens and the coming of age of a queer Muslim girl a...

Bought by WSLR, RADIOLEX, RadioStPete Florida, KECG, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif. and more


  • Added: Mar 14, 2023
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 8
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
Shelf Discovery: Weyward by Emilia Hart
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin follows generations of women as they find strength and peace and power in a country cottage in Weyward by E...

Bought by RADIOLEX, WRMU, and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: Mar 06, 2023
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Life Without Boundaries (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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19th and 20th century poet, Alice Meynell–a.k.a. “the penciling mama”--described motherhood as “life without boundaries.”

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, KHEN-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, KCHW and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 6
Life Without Boundaries (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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19th and 20th century poet, Alice Meynell–a.k.a. “the penciling mama”--described motherhood as “life without boundaries.”

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, WRMU, WFHB, KVSC and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
Life Without Boundaries (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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19th and 20th century poet, Alice Meynell–a.k.a. “the penciling mama”--described motherhood as “life without boundaries.”

Bought by WLPR , WTJU, KXCV, KEDT, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 8
Life Without Boundaries (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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19th and 20th century poet, Alice Meynell–a.k.a. “the penciling mama”--described motherhood as “life without boundaries.”

Bought by KXCV and KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash.


  • Added: Mar 03, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Patti Frye Meredith
From: WNCW
Series: Appalachian Vibes
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Patti Frye Meredith is a Southern fiction, Galax, VA born and raised novelist, currently residing in Chapel Hill, NC. She discusses her latest nove...

  • Added: Feb 06, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
MN Reads: “Break Point” by Sheri Brenden
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Sheri Brenden talks about her new book “Break Point”

  • Added: Jan 12, 2023
  • Length: 13:30
MN Reads: “Not the Camilla We Knew” by Rachael Hanel
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Rachael Hanel talks about her new book “Not the Camilla We Knew”

  • Added: Dec 22, 2022
  • Length: 09:26
The Past American Voice of Poet Michelle Boisseau
From: New Letters on the Air
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Poet Michelle Boisseau died November 15, 2017 from cancer at age 62. In this interview conducted earlier this year at the Kansas City Public Libra...

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 01, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Novelist Geraldine Brooks
From: New Letters on the Air
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Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer, Geraldine Brooks talks about her 2015 book, THE SECRET CHORD. This historical novel about the Biblical King...

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


  • Added: Nov 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Revisiting A Conversation with Author Vanessa Hua
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Vanessa Hua, Credit: Andria Lo
Author Vanessa Hua discusses her fiction and her determination to shine a light on the multiplicity of voices within the Chinese-American diaspora

Bought by RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, Spokane Public Radio, and KMUN


  • Added: Aug 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5
Sarah Smarsh Explores Class in Rural America
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Sarah Smarsh, Credit: Paul Andrews
Sarah Smarsh discusses her book Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth which is 2022-2023 NEA Big Read...

Bought by KZUM, WMPG, WDCB, RADIOLEX, KZUM and more


  • Added: Jul 26, 2022
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 7
2022 Summer Reading Recs (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Summer is officially here and with it comes our annual With Good Reason summer reading list.

Bought by WHFR, Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, WFHB, WJCU and more


  • Added: Jul 14, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 9
2022 Summer Reading Recs (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Summer is officially here and with it comes our annual With Good Reason summer reading list.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, and KHEN-LP


  • Added: Jul 14, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 3
2022 Summer Reading Recs (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Summer is officially here and with it comes our annual With Good Reason summer reading list.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WTJU, KEDT, WMUU-LP, KXCV and more


  • Added: Jul 14, 2022
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 10
2022 Summer Reading Recs (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Summer is officially here and with it comes our annual With Good Reason summer reading list.

Bought by KUOW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KXCV, Troy Public Radio, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Jul 14, 2022
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 5
Shelf Discovery: The Wedding Dress Sewing Circle by Jennifer Ryan
From: Kristin Dreyer Kramer
Series: Shelf Discovery
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On this week’s Shelf Discovery, Kristin joins the women of a small town as they work together to help the wartime effort in author Jennifer Ryan’s ...

Bought by RADIOLEX, GCR (Global Community Radio), and RadioStPete Florida


  • Added: May 30, 2022
  • Length: 03:00
  • Purchases: 3
Poet Shin Yu Pai
From: New Letters on the Air
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Taiwanese-American poet, Shin Yu(Yee) Pai(Pie), reads from her seventh collection, ADAMANTINE, and her earlier work, SIGHTINGS, in which she not on...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WJCU


  • Added: May 19, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Mississippi Poet Laureate (2016-2021) Beth Ann Fennelly
From: New Letters on the Air
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Beth Ann Fennelly, the Mississippi Poet Laureate 2016-21 discusses her roles as poet, teacher, mother and wife in creative partnership with novelis...

  • Added: May 14, 2022
  • Length: 29:00