PRX - Pieces for Format: First-Person Essay
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Another true story: a group of ladies go out of their way to be charitable with a young mother. A micro narration in a minute or so.
- Added: Mar 26, 2022
- Length: 01:00
Listening to The Disintegration Loops during wildfire season -- a review of William Basinski’s seminal album as a meditation on looping thoughts, p...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 07, 2022
- Length: 33:31
- Purchases: 1
What It Is Like Working at a Funeral Home
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- Added: Jul 08, 2015
- Length: 27:40
- Purchases: 1
Since I was 12-years-old, I always thought I would die by the age of 30. Here's the story of how I didn't, and how I spent my 'last few days' prepa...
- Added: Sep 15, 2014
- Length: 09:59
Melvin talks about what it's like being from New Orleans.
- Added: Jul 12, 2013
- Length: 01:20
This story was the was voted the winner at Bring Your Own on June 6th, 2012. The theme that night was Undercover, where storytellers told of their...
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis
- Added: Nov 15, 2012
- Length: 06:16
- Purchases: 1
Using the poem "Where I'm From" by Willie Perdomo as a creative prompt, students created poems to share and express where they come from and how th...
- Added: Nov 12, 2012
- Length: 01:47
After his mother has a massive stroke, writer Dave White describes the quick thinking and problem solving necessary for a simple trip to the movies.
- Added: Mar 13, 2012
- Length: 10:49
- Purchases: 3
A true story told live in London. As a trader, Shaun had it all - money, cars, women - until he got into dealing drugs as well as shares. This is h...
- Added: Jan 09, 2012
- Length: 09:50
A true story told live in London. Radcliffe lost his home, his job and his wife in 24 hours. An uplifting tale on drug addiction and redemption, fr...
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- Added: Jan 09, 2012
- Length: 13:42
- Purchases: 1
14-year-old Santa Fe Student Felicia created her poem, inspired by a family portrait.
- Added: Jul 13, 2009
- Length: 04:10