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Novelist Whitney Terrell talks about his third novel, THE GOOD LIEUTENANT. Terrell was embedded with the military in Iraq, writing non-fiction for ...
Bought by WNJR
- Added: May 29, 2023
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
E.L. Doctorow passed away in July 2015, but left behind twelve novels, three volumes of short fiction, and a stage drama, winning most of the major...
Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio), KAAD-LP, WNJR, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: Jul 12, 2022
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 4
In today's show we explore the history of recognizing the trauma experienced by soldiers in war - PTSD is only the most recent iteration of this di...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., KNCT FM, RADIOLEX, and KTSW 89.9
- Added: Jan 04, 2022
- Length: 59:03
- Purchases: 4
Poet and editor Wayne Miller reads from his book, THE CITY, OUR CITY, a 2012 finalist for the William Carlos Williams Poetry Award. He also discus...
- Added: Oct 28, 2021
- Length: 29:00
H. Bruce Franklin (Crash Course) returns to help us connect lots of dots. He’ll argue, among other things, that we need to learn what three particu...
Bought by WLPR
- Added: Dec 18, 2019
- Length: 58:53
- Purchases: 1
Stewart O'Nan has written over 20 books as varied as the best-selling novel, SNOW ANGELS (now a film) to the non-fiction book co-written with Steph...
- Added: Nov 25, 2019
- Length: 29:00
We mark Veteran's Day with two interviews featuring Alan Proctor. His book, THE SWEDEN FILE: MEMOIR OF AN AMERICAN EX-PATRIATE, was named one of th...
- Added: Nov 12, 2019
- Length: 29:00
The Iraq War ended in December 2011, a dramatic setting for former U.S. Army Captain Matt Gallagher, who discusses his novel, YOUNGBLOOD, which dra...
Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.
- Added: May 25, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Inspired by the documentary THE VIETNAM WAR, we return to an archive interview with the poet John Balaban, who served as a conscientious objector i...
Bought by WNJR
- Added: Oct 04, 2017
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Discover the poetic variety of Missouri in this special program featuring readings from the Midwest Poets Series by three very different Missouri p...
- Added: Sep 14, 2016
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Kao Kalia Yang's book, The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir is a personal story that speaks to the moment.
Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WNJR, and WMUU-LP
- Added: Jun 29, 2016
- Length: 28:29
- Purchases: 3
With the end of the War in Iraq, tens of thousands of soldiers have returned home, and many of them are going to college. But the transition to aca...
Bought by WJCT and KCPW Salt Lake City
- Added: Jun 28, 2013
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 2
Are colleges and universities ready for the influx of veterans returning from military service?
- Added: Jan 31, 2012
- Length: 29:00
Very personal conversation with author Diane ACKERMAN about The Zoo Keeper's Wife, now a major film.
- Added: Jan 16, 2008
- Length: 29:30
- Added: Dec 14, 2007
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
