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Charles Ardai is a writer, publisher, and entrepreneur.

  • Added: Dec 09, 2009
  • Length: 28:32
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The development of the large human head and broad shoulders provide many evolutionary benefits for our species but also require assistance for a sa...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
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Victor Gischler is a writer living in Baton Rouge.

  • Added: Nov 24, 2009
  • Length: 30:15
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Historical novel writer Sarah Dunant talks about she applies her background writing thrillers to write more literary books. The author of the best...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 29:00
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Three members of Ojibwe communities, which reach from Michigan to Montana in the United States and from Quebec to Saskatchewan in Canada, share the...

Bought by KZYX, KKWE Niijii Radio, WLIW, WNMU-FM, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and more


  • Added: Oct 20, 2009
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 19
Caption: Alberto Rios
Alberto Rios, who grew up in a mixed family on the Arizona-Mexico border, recounts his experiences living between languages and cultures in his mem...

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  • Length: 28:56
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A novelist and widely published journalist, Todd Goldberg is also Administrative Director of the MFA Program in Creative Writing and Writing for th...

  • Added: Sep 24, 2009
  • Length: 30:34
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Norman Green has been, at various times, a truck driver, a construction worker, a project engineer, a factory rep, and a plant engineer, but never,...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2009
  • Length: 28:58
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Bill Fitzhugh writes satiric crime novels, the occasional comic mystery, and a weekly show for the Deep Tracks channel of XM Satellite Radio.

  • Added: Sep 23, 2009
  • Length: 28:59
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James Siegel is a thriller novelist and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of BBDO New York.

  • Added: Sep 23, 2009
  • Length: 01:00:25
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Author Marilyn Johnson hs written the obituaries for Katharine Hepburn, Princess Diana, Jackie Onassis, Johnny Cash, Bob Hope, and Marlon Brando fo...

  • Added: Sep 23, 2009
  • Length: 28:52
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Often called a cross between Raymond Chandler and Hunter Thompson, Texas-born James Crumley is the author of twelve novels. He died in 2008.

  • Added: Sep 23, 2009
  • Length: 31:29
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Michael Ledwidge is the author of "The Narrowback" and "Bad Connection." He has also written five novels in collaboration with James Patterson.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2009
  • Length: 30:41
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Bob Truluck is a building contractor and novelist living in Florida.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2009
  • Length: 30:17
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J Milligan is the author of "The Wisdom of Big Bird" and lives in Brooklyn, New York.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2009
  • Length: 30:04
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Sean Doolitte is the author of "Dirt" and is busy on his next novel.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2009
  • Length: 31:43
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Ben Rehder is a novelist living in Texas.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2009
  • Length: 30:26
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Tim Dorsey is a novelist and former newspaperman living in Florida.

  • Added: Sep 17, 2009
  • Length: 28:47
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Scott Phillips is the author of several novels, including "The Ice Harvest."

  • Added: Sep 15, 2009
  • Length: 29:01
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Novelist George Pelecanos is also a contributor to the awarding winning HBO series "The Wire."

  • Added: Sep 12, 2009
  • Length: 29:43
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Jenny Siler is a writer living in Maine.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2009
  • Length: 01:01:02
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A novelist, poet, and furniture maker, Jim Nisbet lives in San Francisco.

  • Added: Sep 10, 2009
  • Length: 31:07
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On a trip to see his brother, Walt Whitman was so struck by the violence of the Civil War that he stayed to help heal wounded soldiers. He hoped hi...

Bought by KVNF, WHFR, WRKF, RadioFreePalmer, KVSC and more


  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 13
Caption: Clifton on the cover of 'Wild Blessings'
Poet Lucille Clifton is widely acclaimed for her powerful explorations of race, womanhood, and spirituality.

Bought by WRNC-LP, KVSC, and CKMO


  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
  • Length: 28:56
  • Purchases: 3