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Maia Kobabe's debut memoir, Gender Queer, was the most frequently banned book in 2021 and 2022. We talked with Maia about what it's like to be on t...
- Added: Nov 30, 2023
- Length: 17:55
George M. Johnson talks about their debut Young Adult memoir All Boys Aren't Blue, the support of their family, their love of Toni Morrison, and th...
- Added: Nov 30, 2023
- Length: 15:31
Some science fiction authors have an almost uncanny ability to see what’s coming down the road. Jess talks with Chuck Wendig, whose writing is both...
Bought by WORT
- Added: Nov 14, 2023
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Mike Curato talks about his award-winning graphic novel Flamer, his writing practice, and how it feels to have his story vaulted into national head...
- Added: Nov 02, 2023
- Length: 16:39
HOUR ONE: "Rethinking David Foster Wallace" - David Foster Wallace was one of the most brilliant writers of his generation. But 15 years after his ...
- Added: Sep 15, 2023
- Length: 01:59:00
This episode features author and Jeopardy co-host Ken Jennings, writer Erica Berry, and music from rock ground Making Movies.
- Added: Jul 27, 2023
- Length: 59:00
HOUR ONE: 'As Read By The Author' - One of the most fun things we get to do is bring the soundscape of a novel to life — cue the monsters, the stor...
- Added: Mar 03, 2023
- Length: 01:59:01
Are you drowning? The start of the school year can be stressful for parents, teachers and students. And this year hasn’t been smooth sailing for ma...
Bought by KDNK, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KWMR, and WNYE
- Added: Dec 21, 2022
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 5
HOUR ONE: "Writing Truth And Lies" - It's a long walk from the truth to the whole truth. A biographer, a poet, a memoirist and a filmmaker describe...
- Added: Sep 23, 2022
- Length: 01:59:00
Salman Rushdie praised A.M. Homes’ latest novel, The Unfolding as, “A terrific black comedy, written almost entirely in pitch-perfect dialogue, tha...
Bought by KWMR, RadioStPete Florida, RadioFreePalmer, KMUN, KDNK and more
- Added: Sep 14, 2022
- Length: 28:00
- Purchases: 6
HOUR ONE: 'As Read By The Author' - One of the most fun things we get to do is bring the soundscape of a novel to life — cue the monsters, the stor...
- Added: Jun 03, 2022
- Length: 01:59:01
This "Best of Books" special features celebrated writers Ashley C. Ford and John Green.
Bought by Oregon Public Broadcasting, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and KTOO
- Added: Dec 12, 2021
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
This "Best of Books" special features celebrated writers Ashley C. Ford and John Green
- Added: Dec 12, 2021
- Length: 59:00
This episode includes author David Green and music from Dessa.
- Added: May 27, 2021
- Length: 59:01
The education system can change top-down, or bottom-up. Author Suzanne DeMallie wrote “Can You Hear Me Now?” – a book about how parents and teache...
- Added: Mar 19, 2021
- Length: 59:36
Back in 1992, a twenty-four-year-old author from Tel Aviv – a guy by the name of Etgar Keret – was about to publish his very first collection of sh...
- Added: Sep 10, 2020
- Length: 13:52
Despite the fear associated with having a serious underlying condition, the Covid-19 pandemic has been an extremely fruitful period for Etgar Keret...
- Added: Sep 10, 2020
- Length: 09:13
Having lived through America’s Civil Rights Movement, author Janet Cheatham Bell joins World Footprints to reflect on her life journey from a segre...
- Added: Aug 02, 2020
- Length: 31:16
One author's journey to becoming published and how she balances life as a mom, wife and writer since COVID-19. (There is no internal narration).
- Added: May 17, 2020
- Length: 10:17
This special episode, recorded during the Portland Book Festival, lets the "truth be told" with author Tim O’Brien and writer Mira Jacob, plus musi...
- Added: Dec 13, 2019
- Length: 58:59
Candace Bushnell gave us a reason to sit on our couch every week to soak in the stories of the women--and men--of the 90s television culture-chang...
Bought by WCNY, KWIT, Louisville Public Media, KWIT, WNIN and more
- Added: Oct 17, 2019
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 10
Speaking the truth, calling it like it is, using your voice---being authentic are all hallmarks of the feminist movement. But the more we speak the...
Bought by KWIT, KKRN, Louisville Public Media, KWIT, KCSB-FM and more
- Added: Jun 04, 2019
- Length: 54:00
- Purchases: 8
HOUR ONE: "Rethinking David Foster Wallace" - David Foster Wallace was one of the most brilliant writers of his generation. But is reading him diff...
- Added: Sep 07, 2018
- Length: 01:58:58
Author Roxanna Elden discusses her new satirical novel Adequate Yearly Progress, which tells the story of the teachers’ lives across one year in th...
- Added: Aug 06, 2018
- Length: 45:49
On Miami Beach, we meet American writer Kurt Andersen. Besides writing novels, he has opined on America’s political landscape for The New York Time...
- Added: Mar 15, 2018
- Length: 14:20
