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Poetry inspired by music and musicians.
- Added: Jan 25, 2019
- Length: 58:15
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
'Tis the season for our end-of-year episode. Each year at the holidays, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads At The Fishhouses, a poem by Eliza...
- Added: Dec 26, 2018
- Length: 04:34
Winner of San Francisco's 2015 LitQuake essay contest. Published in Word Riot (with audio) December 2015.
- Added: Nov 26, 2018
- Length: 03:18
On this segment Michael Goldberg gives us animal stories; a wolf, a donkey, a dog, animals teaching us something on how to stay human.
- Added: Aug 09, 2017
- Length: 01:00:02
- Purchases: 3
Excerpts from Rachel Cohen's essay "Lost Cities" and segments of poetry by Fernando Pessoa and Constantine Cavafy examine the allure of one's home ...
- Added: May 26, 2017
- Length: 53:20
Poetry and music that explores the spiritual dimensions of being alive.
- Added: Apr 14, 2017
- Length: 53:46
In this week's episode of World Ocean Radio, host Peter Neill reads “The Fish,” a poem by Marianne Moore from a collection entitled "American Sea W...
- Added: Feb 14, 2017
- Length: 04:11
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
Iranian-American writer Firoozeh Dumas' commentaries about her hyphenated life have aired on NPR.
But that was a different America. While Firoozeh ...
Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Feb 01, 2017
- Length: 06:00
- Purchases: 2
At each year's end, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This perennial favorite poem was chosen not o...
- Added: Dec 27, 2016
- Length: 04:51
- Added: Dec 24, 2016
- Length: 04:39
Fourth in a four-part series on authors who write about the ocean and the natural world.
- Added: May 24, 2016
- Length: 05:12
In the third of a four-part series on writers who have shaped his interest in the ocean and the natural world, host Peter Neill reads from essayist...
Bought by KRZA
- Added: May 16, 2016
- Length: 05:03
- Purchases: 1
The Wailin’ Jennys are Nicky Mehta, Ruth Moody and Heather Masse – three distinct voices that together make an achingly perfect vocal sound. Starti...
- Added: Feb 15, 2016
- Length: 59:31
- Purchases: 12
At the close of each year, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen not only for its ...
Bought by Raven Radio
- Added: Dec 29, 2015
- Length: 04:57
- Purchases: 1
A poem about Thanksgiving by Sharon Olds, read by Eliza Foss
- Added: Nov 05, 2015
- Length: 01:47
World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill recently witnessed a beautiful full moon rise from an island perch in Maine. The silent, stealthy way that it ro...
- Added: Sep 14, 2015
- Length: 05:11
Twenty four hours or so have passed since a portrait of the older Atticus Finch as a bigot, complaining about the integration of “Negroes” into th...
- Added: Jul 16, 2015
- Length: 04:07
Gypsy jazz from Berlin, Germany along with Big Top Chautauqua's very own Blue Canvas Orchestra.
- Added: Feb 13, 2015
- Length: 59:30
- Purchases: 8
The Japanese word "Mottainai" refers to the essence of things, and suggests that objects do not exist in isolation, rather that they are intrinsica...
- Added: Feb 02, 2015
- Length: 05:31
At the close of each year, World Ocean Radio host Peter Neill reads "At The Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop. This poem was chosen not only for its ...
- Added: Dec 22, 2014
- Length: 05:11
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
India just lost its grand old man of letters. Khushwant Singh was 99 and still writing when he died in Delhi last week.
- Added: Mar 25, 2014
- Length: 04:30
Regularly published in NEW LETTERS magazine, as well as in other journals and newspapers nationwide, Robert Day discusses his two most recent works...
Bought by WJCU
- Added: Feb 27, 2014
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
