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Painter, sculptor, architect, engineer, and poet - how can one man be so many things? And what did he keep in his basement?
- Added: Jun 01, 2016
- Length: 16:09
- Purchases: 2
The music of the Velvet Underground, Iggy and the Stooges, and The New York Dolls and others the others were meeting fierce resistance in the US. W...
Bought by WMUU-LP, KDUR, Prairie Public, KMXT, KALH and more
- Added: May 10, 2016
- Length: 56:32
- Purchases: 35
How the Warhol 60s morphed into the Punk 70s and marginalized inhabitants of a near-bankrupt New York City changed 20th century culture and influen...
Bought by WMUU-LP, KDUR, Prairie Public, KMXT, KISU and more
- Added: May 10, 2016
- Length: 01:01:17
- Purchases: 37
We remember a Past American Voice--Arkansas native and former Rhode Island Poet Laureate, C.D. Wright who died suddenly in early 2016. She authored...
Bought by WNJR
- Added: May 05, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Georgia State Poet Laureate Judson Mitcham shares stories about some of his influences, including the late poets Richard Hugo, William Stafford and...
Bought by WNJR
- Added: Apr 13, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Professor Nancy Berg examines the legacy of Iraqi-Jewish writers, along with questions of home and identity.
Bought by WABE
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 11:50
- Purchases: 1
Anton Disclafani discusses the writing process behind her acclaimed debut novel, The Yonahlossee Riding Camp for Girls.
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 13:33
Poet Carl Phillips explores how life influences the creation of his poetry. Professor Timothy Moore then takes us back to ancient Greece and how an...
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 20:05
Poet Mary Jo Bang explores the process of translating Dante Alighieri's Inferno, and professor Jessica Rosenfeld explains the origins of literature.
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 20:23
How well does any nonfiction writer capture "The Truth?" Essayist Edward McPherson explores truth and memory in nonfiction.
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 14:17
Author Kelly Link discusses the archetypes of magical realism and William McKelvy explains the hallmarks and legacy of Gothic literature.
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 20:52
Publisher and fiction writer, Danielle Dutton, discusses the poetics of suburbia and the roadblocks of women in publishing. In the second half Prof...
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 20:51
Is there an invisible thread that connects humans to all life around us? Novelist Kathryn Davis explores how the fantastical world in her novel, Du...
- Added: Mar 10, 2016
- Length: 20:51
America's formidable guardian of the Constitution, Justice Antonin Scalia, is dead...
- Added: Feb 20, 2016
- Length: 02:22:45
With the publication of her memoir, “You’re Never Weird On The Internet,” Felicia Day walks Michael through how she made her own success on her ter...
- Added: Jan 06, 2016
- Length: 01:04:34
Professor Joe Loewenstein details Shakespeare's creative and intellectual response to accusations of plagiarism by Robert Greene.
- Added: Jan 04, 2016
- Length: 16:39
Shakespeare Festival St. Louis speaks to its many projects and its summer 2015 production of Antony and Cleopatra.
- Added: Jan 04, 2016
- Length: 13:40
Roman historian Karen Acton explores the historical identities of Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra.
- Added: Jan 04, 2016
- Length: 14:58
Scholars and directors shed light on the question of why we continue to study and admire William Shakespeare.
- Added: Jan 04, 2016
- Length: 16:50
Joe Loewenstein describes the small and highly competitive theater scene in which Early Modern playwrights like William Shakespeare flourished.
- Added: Jan 04, 2016
- Length: 14:06
Robert Henke tracks Shakespeare back to his Italian inspirations and uncovers sources for his early comedies.
- Added: Jan 04, 2016
- Length: 12:26
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
Robert Wiltenbug surveys the great moments of mercy, both granted and withheld, in Shakespeare's many plays.
- Added: Jan 04, 2016
- Length: 15:07
Musa Gurnis describes the characteristics and lasting influence of theater in Shakespeare's time.
- Added: Jan 04, 2016
- Length: 13:50
In Part 2 of Michael’s interview with Best-selling Author David Sedaris, they talk about growing up Sedaris and how his relationship with his fathe...
- Added: Dec 29, 2015
- Length: 34:48
