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Slam: Literary Fad or Movement
From: Don McIver
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In the 80's Marc Smith invented the Poetry Slam, which has swept the country and created a spoken word revolution.

Bought by KRZA, Marfa Public Radio, KUT-HD, KUHB, WEKU and more


  • Added: Aug 29, 2005
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 7
A Corner of the Universe
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Now that Adam's "school" is closing, Hattie's family must deal with a childlike man whose existence they've denied for years.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 29:14
  • Purchases: 1
The Watsons Go To Birmingham-1963
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Ten-year-old Kenny chronicles the events of a fateful summer for the Watson Family of Flint, Michigan.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 1
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Naturalist Pierre Arronax is on a mission to discover and destroy a mysterious beast terrorizing ships and soons finds himself at the mercy of the ...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 28:31
  • Purchases: 1
Night Flying
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Georgia Hansen can fly...and now on the verge of her first solo flight, her rebellious Aunt Carmen visits and exposes other family secrets.

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KZYX, KTNA, and WCFM


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 28:43
  • Purchases: 5
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Tom and his best friend, Huck Finn, have a knack for having fun - and getting into trouble!

Bought by KZYX and KTNA


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 29:09
  • Purchases: 2
Stone Fox
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Willy's plan is to win the National Dogsled Race and use the cash prize to save the family farm - but first he'll have to beat Stone Fox, who's nev...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 28:51
  • Purchases: 1
Heir Apparent
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Fourteen-year-old Giannine is trapped in a virtual reality game; to escape she must successfully complete the game.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 28:37
  • Purchases: 1
Loser
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Zinkoff's classmates have branded him a loser...but he just may show everyone that any name can someday become "hero."

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 04, 2005
  • Length: 28:44
  • Purchases: 1
Daisy & the Doll/Alec's Primer
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Camel's Hump Radio presents two stories from the Vermont Folklife Center Children's Book Series, based on the family history of the Turner family f...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 03, 2005
  • Length: 28:40
  • Purchases: 1
Fog Magic
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Magic in the fog launches Greta on an adventure that takes her back into the past and reveals secrets in her own life.

Bought by KZYX and KTNA


  • Added: May 03, 2005
  • Length: 28:21
  • Purchases: 2
The Bones on Black Spruce Mountain
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Seth and Daniel are on the camping trip of their dreams: hiking up Black Spruce Mountain to see if the old legend is true - but their adventure tak...

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 03, 2005
  • Length: 28:47
  • Purchases: 1
Sonata #1 For Riley Red
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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Rachel and her friends believe rescuing a circus elephant will be the "one great deed" that will right their world.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: May 03, 2005
  • Length: 28:18
  • Purchases: 1
What's the Word? Poet Michael S. Harper on the Poet's Art
From: Modern Language Association
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Michael S. Harper talks about what he teaches in his poetry classes and reads some his favorite poems.

Bought by WLIW, KUER, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Apr 08, 2005
  • Length: 09:54
  • Purchases: 8
The Tale of Despereaux
From: Vermont Public
Series: Camel's Hump Radio
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He was a mouse deeply in love with a human princess named Pea, which presents some serious problems but makes for a great story!

Bought by KZYX, KZYX, KZYX, KTNA, and KUHB


  • Added: Apr 08, 2005
  • Length: 28:17
  • Purchases: 5
What's the Word? Poetry in Performance
From: Modern Language Association
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From Homer to slam, the special appeal of poetry in performance.

Bought by WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KZMU Moab Community Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2005
  • Length: 29:48
  • Purchases: 20
Border Voices
From: Dan Epstein
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Poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti reads his work accompanied by saxophonist Charles McPherson at the Border Voices poetry fair in San Diego.

Bought by KZYX and WZBC


  • Added: Mar 29, 2005
  • Length: 27:59
  • Purchases: 2
What's the Word? Literature of the Holocaust
From: Modern Language Association
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Memoirs, poetry, drama, and fiction about the Holocaust.

Bought by WLIW, WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KFSR and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2005
  • Length: 29:43
  • Purchases: 8
What's the Word? Literature by Child Survivors of the Holocaust
From: Modern Language Association
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Fiction and a memoir by child survivors.

Bought by WLIW, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KBYS 88.3 FM, WXDU and more


  • Added: Mar 24, 2005
  • Length: 30:01
  • Purchases: 8
1999 Michael Ondaatje - Elimination Dance
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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ondaatje reads great poem

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 02:59
  • Purchases: 1
1997 Lorenzo Thomas - The New Age
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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black arts movement poet reads an anti war poem

Bought by KUNM


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 01:21
  • Purchases: 1
1989 Joanne Kyger - Springtime Adonis Poem
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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One of the few Beat-era women writers reads her work

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio, KISU, KZMU Moab Community Radio, and KUNM


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 01:52
  • Purchases: 4
1975 Philip Whalen - Statement on Poetry
From: Naropa University
Series: Jack Kerouac Disembodied School of Poetics
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Whalen reads poem on consciousness and poetry

Bought by KUNM and WZBC


  • Added: Mar 23, 2005
  • Length: 01:26
  • Purchases: 2
RN Documentary: Whitman - The Good Gray Poet
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Focus on Poetry
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Explores the later life of Walt Whitman, considered by many to be the Father of Modern Poetry.

Bought by KMUN, KSJD, WHQR, and KUOW


  • Added: Mar 22, 2005
  • Length: 29:25
  • Purchases: 4
RN Documentary: Whitman - Songs of the Poet
From: Radio Netherlands Worldwide
Series: RN Focus on Poetry
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Explores the early life of Walt Whitman, considered by many to be the Father of Modern Poetry.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KUOW, and Radio Catskill


  • Added: Mar 22, 2005
  • Length: 29:28
  • Purchases: 3

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