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Bridging Cultures: A Conversation with Diana Abu-Jaber
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Diana Abu-Jaber, Credit: Deborah Kerry Charles
Author Diana Abu-Jaber reflects on her Jordanian roots, the influence of family on her storytelling, and the inspirations informing her memoirs and...

Bought by WXAV 88.3FM Chicago, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KZUM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and KECG


  • Added: Apr 26, 2024
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5
Making Home (hour/no bed or bb)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Lauren K. Alleyne lived the first part of her life in Trinidad and then moved to America at 18 and has been there since. Her poems explore what it’...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KCHW, KHEN-LP, and WYAP


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 4
Making Home (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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Lauren K. Alleyne lived the first part of her life in Trinidad and then moved to America at 18 and has been there since. Her poems explore what it’...

Bought by KRDP, Kansas Public Radio, KMUN, WRMU, WFHB and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 10
Making Home (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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Lauren K. Alleyne lived the first part of her life in Trinidad and then moved to America at 18 and has been there since. Her poems explore what it’...

Bought by WTJU, WRST-FM Oshkosh, WMUU-LP, KXCV, WRGY and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 7
Making Home (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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Lauren K. Alleyne lived the first part of her life in Trinidad and then moved to America at 18 and has been there since. Her poems explore what it’...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and KXCV


  • Added: Feb 02, 2023
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 2
Novelist and Essayist Russell Banks
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: (Photo by Larry D. Moore CC BY-SA 3.0)
The late novelist, retired Princeton professor, and mountain climber, Russell Banks is the author of the 2021 novel, FOREGONE. In this classic 201...

Bought by KAAD-LP


  • Added: Jan 27, 2023
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Five Senses (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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In 19th century American cities, the smell of rapid industrial growth was overwhelming. This was particularly concerning, because at the time, peop...

Bought by KHEN-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Royalton Community Radio, KCHW, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle and more


  • Added: Nov 03, 2022
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 6
National Writers Series: Fredrik Backman
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four
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Doug Stanton talks with author Fredrik Backman

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNED Buffalo, Michigan Radio, and WKAR


  • Added: Oct 10, 2022
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 4
Filipino-American Poet Patrick Rosal
From: New Letters on the Air
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In this interview at the Kansas City Public Library as part of Park University's Ethnic Voices Poetry Series, Patrick Rosal talks about the impetus...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: May 06, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
A conversation with Iranian-American novelist Marjan Kamali
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Novelist Marjan Kamali talks about her recent novel The Stationery Shop-- a story that begins in 1953 in Iran and spans 60 years. We talk about Per...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:24
  • Purchases: 3
MN Writer Anika Fajardo Searches For Family In Her Memoir
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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MN writer Anika Fajardo's 2019 memoir, Magical Realism for Non-Believers, is about connecting with her father who had moved back to his home countr...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2022
  • Length: 12:37
The Presence of Pessoa - Part Two with Richard Zenith
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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In the aftermath of the death of his father (by tuberculosis) and in the face of losing his mother to another country and a second husband, Fernand...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Dec 14, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
WorldCanvass: 2021 International Impact and Global Student Awards
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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2021 recipients of the University of Iowa's International Impact Award and Global Student Award are honored in this WorldCanvass program which kick...

  • Added: Dec 03, 2021
  • Length: 01:15:56
Award-Winning Poet Martín Espada discusses advocacy in writing
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR celebrates the winner of the National Book Award for Poetry, Martin Espada, whose new book FLOATERS tackles the social issue...

Bought by WCPN and WNJR


  • Added: Nov 26, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
IE: Inside Europe, 10/22/2021
From: DW - Deutsche Welle
Series: Inside Europe: News and Current Affairs ~ Weekly from DW
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On today's programme: Assault on democracy: a brutal attack claims the life of a British parliamentarian. Food for thought: Frankfurt plays host to...

  • Added: Oct 21, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
International Latino Book Award-winning Poet Xánath Caraza: Part 2
From: New Letters on the Air
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We celebrate National Hispanic Heritage month with the second part of our interview with poet Xanath (shaw-nath) Caraza, who is a finalist for the ...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
Scottish Poet and Editor Robin Robertson: Part 1
From: New Letters on the Air
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Robin Robertson, whose known for his translations of ancient Greek works and his depiction of folktales from his native Scotland, discusses how myt...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WNJR


  • Added: Jul 22, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Rupert Thomson discusses his novel Never Anyone But You
From: New Letters on the Air
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British writer Rupert Thomson, whose 2021 book BARCELONA DREAMING is set just before the 2008 financial crash, often writes about tough times. He ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 01, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Raymond Antrobus
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Raymond Antrobus discusses his collection, "The Perseverance," and his experience as a deaf poet.

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


  • Added: May 05, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Poet and Editor Kwame Dawes
From: New Letters on the Air
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Born in Ghana and raised in Jamaica, the poet Kwame Dawes is the editor of Nebraska's literary magazine, PRAIRIE SCHOONER, and the 2021 successor t...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WNJR


  • Added: Apr 15, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Waters (hour/no bb or bed)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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We have a lot to do with what happens to rainwater from the time it hits the ground, to the time we drink it. And our small efforts can add up over...

Bought by C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Ohm Radio , and WYAP


  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 52:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Waters (hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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We have a lot to do with what happens to rainwater from the time it hits the ground, to the time we drink it. And our small efforts can add up over...

Bought by WTJU, KHEN-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WMUU-LP, WRST-FM Oshkosh and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 53:59
  • Purchases: 12
The Waters (half)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Half Hour Long Episodes
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We have a lot to do with what happens to rainwater from the time it hits the ground, to the time we drink it. And our small efforts can add up over...

Bought by Kansas Public Radio, WJCU, WJCT, WFHB, KRDP and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 8
The Waters (promo)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason promo
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We have a lot to do with what happens to rainwater from the time it hits the ground, to the time we drink it. And our small efforts can add up over...

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., WNED Buffalo, and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Apr 01, 2021
  • Length: :30
  • Purchases: 3
WorldCanvass: The Ghanaian-American Experience in Literature and Art
From: Joan Kjaer
Series: WorldCanvass
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Renowned author Yaa Gyasi, whose novel Homegoing won the National Book Critics Circle’s John Leonard Award for best first book and the Pen/Hemingwa...

  • Added: Mar 02, 2021
  • Length: 01:21:49