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Happily Ever After
From: Brooklyn Public Library
Series: "Borrowed" Podcast from Brooklyn Public Library
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We love love at the library, so for Valentine's Day this year, we're devoting the episode Romance Novels! We'll learn how Romance covers hint at wh...

Bought by RadioFreePalmer


  • Added: Feb 13, 2023
  • Length: 15:17
  • Purchases: 1
Grace Paley's Short Story "The Loudest Voice"
From: New Letters on the Air
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A holiday favorite, this highly anthologized short story is read by the late author Grace Paley. "The Loudest Voice" is an amusing tale about a lit...

Bought by WDCB, GCR (Global Community Radio), RadioFreePalmer, and KBBI Alaska


  • Added: Dec 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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
Thomas Fox Averill shares his Christmas Novel
From: New Letters on the Air
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Thomas Fox Averill discusses his award-winning novel, A CAROL DICKENS CHRISTMAS, that weaves the influences of Charles Dickens and traditional Vict...

Bought by WRKF and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Dec 23, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
How the World Got Better
From: Spokane Public Radio
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A story of hope for the world. Written and read by Greg Flint

  • Added: Mar 17, 2021
  • Length: 24:31
10 Minutes with Rudolfo Anaya
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Rudolfo Anaya
Highlights from a 2002 writer's forum in Jemez Springs, New Mexico that featured beloved New Mexico author Rudolfo Anaya. FROM ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jun 30, 2020
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
December Festivals
From: New Letters on the Air
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We feature literature and commentary about the December holiday season from our rich archives. The late Rabbi Gerald Kane discusses the origins of ...

Bought by WDCB and WDCB


  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Scottish Fiction Writer Margot Livesey
From: New Letters on the Air
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In this presentation at the Kansas City Public Library, Scottish-born writer Margot Livesey talks about her evolution as a reader and writer, and s...

  • Added: May 08, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
Music From the Heart! (Valentine's special!)
From: WFIU
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An hour-long program of jazz and American popular song invoking the image of the heart for Valentine's Day. Featuring music from Doris Day, Kurt El...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, Northeast Indiana Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, Troy Public Radio, KUFM - Montana Public Radio and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2017
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 6
An Impossible Enchantment
From: Rachel Liu
Series: Anthology
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Join us for the perfect bedtime story full of kings, queens, princes, princesses, fairies, merfolk, giant eagles, trained cats, magic, and lessons ...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2015
  • Length: 28:31
Poets Off the Page: Music & Poetry
From: New Letters on the Air
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POETS OFF THE PAGE: POETRY & MUSIC features an interesting look at the works of three different poets who have recently merged their poetry with mu...

Bought by KWMR, WNJR, WNMU-FM, and WJCU


  • Added: Jul 15, 2015
  • Length: 30:30
  • Purchases: 4
Summer Song Part II
From: tenali hrenak
Series: Muddy Boots
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Summer is here again. . . Let’s celebrate the commencement of the hot and sweaty season with a batch of lovely sun soaked tunes. Join Winding River...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2015
  • Length: 01:49:41
A Proust Questionnaire with Helen Oyeyemi
From: Open Source
Series: Open Source Shorts and Podcasts
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When and where were you happiest? Novelist Helen Oyeyemi answers a modified version of the Proust Questionnaire, a set of questions made famous by ...

Bought by KPIP-LP and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 04:03
  • Purchases: 2
Numberlys
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words
Caption: William Joyce
Creative author, illustrator and filmmaker William Joyce is an Academy Award Winner, Emmy Award Winner and his illustrations have appeared on numer...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2014
  • Length: 16:44
Virginia Festival of the Book
From: With Good Reason
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With Good Reason brings you highlights from the 2011 Virginia Festival of the Book

  • Added: Mar 29, 2011
  • Length: 28:57
Hungry Valentine, with Julia Child
From: Leet and Litwin
Series: HUNGRY: The Literary Julia Child
Caption: Julia and Paul's Valentine, Credit: Julia Child Foundation for Gastronomy and the Culinary Arts
Happy Valentine's from Julia Child! This one-hour special was started years ago but never aired till now. She presents two love stories that have t...

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WYAP, KAAD-LP, 'The Sea' and more


  • Added: Jan 26, 2011
  • Length: 54:51
  • Purchases: 28
Talking With The Wind: The Mystery of Opal Whiteley
From: Dmae Lo Roberts
Caption: Opal Whiteley, Credit: Cottage Grove Historical Society
"Talking With The Wind: The Mystery of Opal Whiteley," a half-hour documentary about Opal Whiteley who caused an international scandal in 1920 whe...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, XRAY.fm, Prairie Public, KSUT and more


  • Added: May 06, 2010
  • Length: 28:21
  • Purchases: 10
The Christmas Skater
From: Sean Hurley
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Like "An Affair to Remember" but with a Christmas theme.

Bought by WITF, WITF, WITF, WITF, WITF and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2007
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 12