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Sukumar Ray is sometimes called the Edward Lear of Bengal. Abol Tabol his book of nonsense rhymes was part of my growing up. And I dare say every B...
Bought by WTJU
- Added: Jan 23, 2024
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
Emily speaks with Emily Maloney about her new collection of essays, Cost of Living, which explores the American healthcare system and what it’s lik...
Bought by KWMR
- Added: Mar 08, 2022
- Length: 33:59
- Purchases: 1
In this very special Story Saturday edition, Laura talks with award-winning author Kirin Khan, who began this time of sheltering in place in a fire...
- Added: May 27, 2020
- Length: 48:44
Online search engines are basically universal, so questions at the library reference desk are changing. We follow the story of one question, “I wan...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 24, 2019
- Length: 20:01
- Purchases: 1
Three-time Georgia Author of the Year for poetry and editor of THE GEORGIA REVIEW, Stephen Corey reads from his book STARTLED AT THE BIG SOUND: ESS...
- Added: Jan 09, 2019
- Length: 29:00
Writer Sandip Roy experiences a deeper meaning to the 'Lit fest’ circuit.
- Added: Jan 23, 2018
- Length: 06:00
Bharati Mukherjee is gone but she left the light on for many of us.
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Feb 06, 2017
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 1
'Step-', as in stepparents or stepchildren, originated in grief. Family structures have evolved, but are stepmothers now so tainted by fairytale as...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Aug 12, 2015
- Length: 38:16
- Purchases: 1
- Added: May 01, 2014
- Length: 01:36
In 1999, The Band officially called it quits. In this hour long audio essay, Don McIver looks at the history of The Band to examine the nature of ...
- Added: Apr 29, 2014
- Length: 58:03
The 2012 Georgia Author of the Year Award in Poetry, Alice Friman's other honors include the Ezra Pound Poetry Award for her third book, ZOO. In t...
- Added: Dec 20, 2013
- Length: 29:00
Judith Kitchen is the author of numerous books of fiction and nonfiction. Here Dan Sinkyn reviews "Half In Shade: Family, Photography, and Fate" a ...
Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ
- Added: Oct 17, 2012
- Length: 02:32
- Purchases: 2
Aaron Brown on books.
- Added: Sep 06, 2012
- Length: 03:36
Dmae Roberts produced a special half-hour radio memorial on the 10th anniversary of her mom’s death. Remembrance: On Time And Distance is part memo...
Bought by KVSC, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Prairie Public, KVSC, and WBEZ
- Added: Apr 30, 2012
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 5
How does a lifelong passion for books transform itself into an acute fear?
- Added: Jan 18, 2010
- Length: 06:30
David recalls a beloved children's book with a message.
- Added: Aug 18, 2008
- Length: 03:47
- Added: Nov 16, 2007
- Length: 03:30
- Purchases: 1
- Added: Nov 21, 2005
- Length: 01:27
- Added: Sep 17, 2005
- Length: 09:48
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
- Added: Mar 20, 2004
- Length: 14:30
- Purchases: 1
Confronting the tyrannies of our times through the transformative power of the novel.
- Added: Feb 28, 2004
- Length: 22:40
- Purchases: 6
