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Celebrating Reproductive Choice: Felicia Kornbluh, A WOMAN’S LIFE IS A HUMAN LIFE & Dolen Perkins-Valdez, TAKE MY HAND

From: Francesca Rheannon

We talk with historian Felicia Kornbluh about her book, A Woman’s Life Is a Human Life: My Mother, Our Neighbor, and the Journey from Reproductive ...

In the Beginning

From: New Letters on the Air

Pulitzer Prize winners Tony Kushner, Jane Smiley, Richard Russo, as well as Sherman Alexie, Naomi Shihab Nye, and the late August Wilson share some...

Bought by WDCB and KAAD-LP

Former U.S. Poet Laureate Ted Kooser

From: New Letters on the Air

Ted Kooser describes his journey from insurance executive in Nebraska to being tapped as the first U.S. Poet Laureate from the Great Plains in 200...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)

At the Fishhouses

From: World Ocean Observatory
Series: World Ocean Radio

Our annual gift to fellow ocean lovers: a reading of "At the Fishhouses" by Elizabeth Bishop, a poem from 1955 that distills Bishop's seaside medit...

Bought by WTIP

Thanksgathering Day

From: Will Duchon
Series: Words & Music

Poetry and music reflecting on the Thanksgiving holiday.

International Latino Book Award-winning Poet Xánath Caraza: Part 1

From: New Letters on the Air

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)

The Write Question - Laura Munson - 442

From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question

Best-selling author Laura Munson discusses her novel, Willa's Grove. She also reads short passages.

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

The Written World

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Think about the many stories you’ve heard or read over the years. Some of those stories may have had a major impact on your life, or maybe even the...

Bought by KCBX and KVSC

GPV33 Book Review - A Curious Mind

From: Gerald Jones
Series: GetPublished! Radio Book Review Featurettes

Caption: GetPublished! Radio Host Gerald Everett Jones, Credit: La Puerta Productions

Here's Gerald's audio book review of A Curious Mind by Brian Grazer.

Playwright & Performer Anna Deavere Smith

From: New Letters on the Air

Dramatist Anna Deavere Smith discusses her technique of interviewing real people to use their stories on stage. She talks about the School to Priso...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WNJR

Furious Flowers: Rita Dove and Sonia Sanchez (Special)

From: With Good Reason

Conversations with celebrated American poets Rita Dove and Sonia Sanchez.

Bought by KUPR low power FM, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi), KQED, WVAS, WESM 91.3 FM and more

Understanding Others: Transformative Writers

From: New Letters on the Air

We give thanks for transformative writers in this episode entitled UNDERSTANDING OTHERS, a show that features excerpts from six programs that highl...

The Nonviolent Life, Happiness & Chasing the Moon Thieves (Peace Talks Radio)

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Half Hour Episodes

Three authors talk about how their books relate to peacemaking. The Nonviolent Life by John Dear, Before Happiness by Shawn Achor and Princess Mari...

Bought by Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Radio Baha'i, WLGI, Aspen Public Radio, and KUOW

SILVER LININGS PLAYBOOK -- Author Matthew Quick Interview

From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes

Caption: Matthew Quick, San Francisco, CA 2/1/13, Credit: Andrea Chase

Matthew Quick talks living an examined life, being rejected over 70 times, and what it was like to get the phone call that changed his life.

Colin Fischer

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: Turning Pages: Authors and Their Words

This is the story of an exceptional 14-year-old boy with Asperger’s syndrome. He hates the color blue, keeps a very detailed notebook, needs flash...

The Interfaith Alternative

From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices

Caption: New Society Publishers jacket, Credit: cover design by Diane McIntosh

Whatever your spiritual path, chances are that the primary tenets of your faith include universal love, acceptance and compassion. Yet three thousa...

Poems and Pen Pals for Peace: Peace Talks Radio (59:00 / 54:00)

From: Good Radio Shows, Inc.
Series: Peace Talks Radio: Weekly Hour Long Episodes

Caption: Ghanian Students Writing To Their Peace Pals in the U.S., Credit: Project Peace Pal

This time on Peace Talks Radio, two women who are finding inspiration for peacemaking in the written word - through poetry and an international pen...

Bought by KUOW, KUOW, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, KXOT Public Radio, KVNF and more