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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
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
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
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
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
Chekhov Inspired Fiction Writer Catherine Browder
From: New Letters on the Air
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Describing herself as a latecomer to writing, author Catherine Browder discusses her book, NOW WE CAN ALL GO HOME, which pays tribute to Anton Chek...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio) and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 04, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
WoodSongs 706: Mike Scott/The Waterboys
From: WoodSongs Old-Time Radio Hour
Series: WoodSongs
Caption: Mike Scott of The Waterboys on the WoodSongs Stage.
On this week's WoodSongs broadcast, folksinger Michael Johnathon welcomes Mike Scott the Scottish bandleader of the legendary group The Waterboys.

Bought by KUAR, Angelica Community Radio, KTRL, KTRL, WEJP-LP 107.1 and more


  • Added: Jan 04, 2021
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 31
The World Is One Place
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Diane Glancy
We continue Native American Heritage Month with Cherokee writers, Diane Glancy and Linda Rodriguez, who discuss co-editing the anthology THE WORLD ...

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


  • Added: Nov 12, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Aimee Nezhukumatathil
From: New Letters on the Air
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Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil is a first-generation American, whose parents are from India and the Philippines. She pays tribute to them with quirky,...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Oct 22, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Poet and Muralist José Faus
From: New Letters on the Air
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Poet and muralist Jose Faus was born in Bogota, Colombia but grew up in Kansas, just across the Missouri border. In this interview in front of an a...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Oct 15, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
International Latino Book Award-winning Poet Xánath Caraza: Part 1
From: New Letters on the Air
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National Hispanic Heritage Month continues with Xanath Caraza, a multi-International Latino Book Award winner. In part one of this interview, she t...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Oct 07, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
U.S. Poet Laureate (2015-2017) Juan Felipe Herrera
From: New Letters on the Air
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National Hispanic Heritage Month continues with the first Chicano U.S. Poet Laureate, Juan Felipe Herrera who served from 2015-17. With the recent...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), WETS, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, and WNJR


  • Added: Sep 30, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
National Writers Series: Peter Matthiessen
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Author Peter Matthiessen talks with National Writers Series co-founder Doug Stanton.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 54:29
  • Purchases: 1
National Writers Series: Nelson and Alex DeMille
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Thriller writer Nelson DeMille and his son Alex talk with Ron Jolly.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1
What We're Reading: Rucha Ambikar from Bemidji
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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Rucha Ambikar is a professor of sociology at Bemidji State University. Hear our talk about books and reading, what a childhood in India filled with...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2019
  • Length: 13:51