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Fiction Writer and Essayist Charles Baxter
From: New Letters on the Air
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Fiction writer Charles Baxter reveals some of his motivations for writing short stories and novels. In this interview in front of an audience at th...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Feb 03, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Robert Wrigley
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Robert Wrigley talks about his new essay collection, "Nemerov's Door" and reads from his upcoming collection of poetry, "The True Account of Myself...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Yellowstone Public Radio, KWMR and more


  • Added: Dec 08, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
Back to the Writing Well featuring Elizabeth Gaffney, George Saunders, and the late Pat Conroy
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR's Classic Series continues with "Back to the Writing Well." This time we'll hear about the influence of place and family fro...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KRZA, WNJR, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Public Art Meets Poetry
From: Cathy Byrd
Series: Fresh Art International
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Public art meets poetry in the month-long festival known as O, Miami. We sit down with visual artists Najja Moon and Michelle Lisa Polissaint and O...

  • Added: Dec 19, 2019
  • Length: 51:46
Author James Petrillo "Ashyer"
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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On this episode of Art Beat we enter a fantasy realm of magic, swords and dragons with Minnesota author James Petrillo. Petrillo’s most recent nove...

  • Added: Jul 30, 2019
  • Length: 44:44
Lester Blackiston: The Pirate of Shockoe Bottom, Part 4
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Lester Blackiston
Pirates and their deeds become legend. Blackbeard, Lester’s personal favorite, did this thing with canon fuses, or so the legend goes. Just as his...

  • Added: Aug 11, 2016
  • Length: 26:15
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
Live Wire Radio - Episode 252 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Mechanical engineer/musician Christine McKinley, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire Radio
Math genius JASON PADGETT, mechanical engineer/musician CHRISTINE MCKINLEY, and music by SWAN SOVEREIGN.

Bought by WCPN, WRIR, KUT, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KSRQ and more


  • Added: May 29, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 10
Live Wire Radio - Episode 250 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire Radio
Actress Wendi McLendon-Covey, Jeopardy! champion Ken Jennings, and music from Ages and Ages.

Bought by WCPN, WRIR, KUT, KCPW Salt Lake City, KUOW and more


  • Added: May 08, 2014
  • Length: 53:57
  • Purchases: 6
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 245
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Actress/author Annabelle Gurwitch, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire Radio
Actress author ANNABELLE GURWITCH, shoe designer D'WAYNE EDWARDS, and music by LOVE GIGANTIC.

Bought by KSRQ, Rhythm & News Service, KUNV, 90.5 WESA, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 245 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Actress/author Annabelle Gurwitch, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire Radio
Actress author ANNABELLE GURWITCH, shoe designer D'WAYNE EDWARDS, and music by LOVE GIGANTIC.

Bought by WCPN, KUT, KUOW, Northwest Public Broadcasting, and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Apr 03, 2014
  • Length: 54:02
  • Purchases: 5
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 242 NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Filmmaker Beth Harrington, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire
Musician and author WESLEY STACE, filmmaker BETH HARRINGTON, and music from ALBATROSS.

Bought by WCPN, WRIR, KUT, KUOW, KCPW Salt Lake City and more


  • Added: Mar 13, 2014
  • Length: 54:01
  • Purchases: 6
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 242
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Filmmaker Beth Harrington, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire
Musician and author WESLEY STACE, filmmaker BETH HARRINGTON, and music from ALBATROSS.

Bought by 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, KUNV, and 90.5 WESA


  • Added: Mar 13, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 4
Live Wire Radio - Episode 236 Encore NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Comedian April Richardson , Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire
NPR Correspondent DAVID FOLKENFLIK, Comedian APRIL RICHARDSON, and music by SHELBY EARL.

Bought by WCPN, KUT, Northwest Public Broadcasting, and KCPW Salt Lake City


  • Added: Feb 13, 2014
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 4
Live Wire Radio - Episode 236 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Comedian April Richardson , Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire
NPR Correspondent DAVID FOLKENFLIK, Comedian APRIL RICHARDSON, and music by SHELBY EARL.

Bought by KUNV, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, and KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 13, 2014
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 4
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 229 Encore NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Author Kevin Barry, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire
Author KEVIN BARRY, author A.M. Homes, and music from Michael Hearst.

Bought by KUT, KCPW Salt Lake City, and Northwest Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Jan 30, 2014
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 3
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 229 Encore
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Author Kevin Barry, Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire
Author KEVIN BARRY, author A.M. Homes, and music from Michael Hearst.

Bought by WCPN, KUNV, KSRQ, Rhythm & News Service, and 90.1 WFYI Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 30, 2014
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 5
Live Wire! Radio - Episode 228 Encore NEWSHOLE VERSION
From: Live Wire! Radio
Series: Live Wire
Caption: Author T.C. Boyle , Credit: Jennie Baker for Live Wire
Authors T.C. BOYLE, M.K. ASANTE, IAN DOESCHER, and music by TANYA DONELLY.

Bought by KUT, KUOW, KCPW Salt Lake City, and Northwest Public Broadcasting


  • Added: Jan 22, 2014
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 4
Poet Jeanne Marie Beaumont
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Jeanne Marie Beaumont
Poet Jeanne Marie Beaumont's books include CURIOUS CONDUCT and PLACEBO EFFECTS, and her collection, BURNING OF THE THREE FIRES. She assembles ever...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Mar 09, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
National Book Award-winning poet and translator, Robert Bly
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Robert Bly
Esteemed poet and translator, Robert Bly, is joined by sitarist David Whetstone in this public reading for the Midwest Poets Series. Bly reads a ...

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Dec 28, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Great Gatsby: A Big Read Documentary
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: The Big Read
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Welcome to the Jazz Age. This lyrical portrait of The Great Gatsby features readings by actor Sam Waterston and commentary by Robert Redford, among...

Bought by Prairie Public, KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, KRZA and more


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:13
  • Purchases: 7
Neil Gaiman: A Reading and Interview
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Writers on a New England Stage
Caption: Neil Gaiman waits backstage, Credit: David J. Murray, Clear Eyed Photo
Multimedia sensation reads from the new edition of "American Gods," and talks Twitter, Dr. Who, and the power of librarians with host Virginia Pres...

Bought by KSRQ, Connecticut Public (WNPR), and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 49:27
  • Purchases: 3
Ann Patchett's State of Wonder
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Writers on a New England Stage
Caption: Author Ann Patchett
An hour long reading and interview with Ann Patchett recorded in front of a live audience at the Portsmouth Music Hall in June, 2011.

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 53:30
  • Purchases: 1
Patty Feld and The Year of Magical Thinking
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: The Arts
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Patty Feld, Director of the Edge Center for the Arts in Bigfork, on the Theater B production of The Year of Magical Thinking.

  • Added: Apr 08, 2010
  • Length: 11:03
Author Stephen Poleskie in conversation about his life, art and his book "The Balloonist."
From: Tish Pearlman
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Stephen Poleskie in conversation about his life as an artist and writer

  • Added: Aug 17, 2007
  • Length: 27:30