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Novelist Geraldine Brooks
From: New Letters on the Air
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Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer, Geraldine Brooks talks about her 2015 book, THE SECRET CHORD. This historical novel about the Biblical King...

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


  • Added: Nov 29, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Fixing the Stars: Sylvia Plath at the Edge of Sight
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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She worked with intense dedication to be heard in a world that has no ears to hear women. But, Plath was a woman who wrote many times of her disdai...

Bought by WKMS and RADIOLEX


  • Added: Mar 09, 2021
  • Length: 59:02
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Sharma Shields - 390
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Sharma Shields discusses her novel, The Cassandra. She also reads a short passage.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Aug 20, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
121: Author Jennifer Weiner Writes a Radical "Beach Read"
From: KALW
Series: Inflection Point with Lauren Schiller
Caption: Jennifer Weiner
The times, they are a’changin’. This week on Inflection Point, Lauren Schiller talks to author Jennifer Weiner, about her newest bestselling book “...

Bought by KKRN, Louisville Public Media, KWIT, WNIN, KSJD and more


  • Added: Jul 02, 2019
  • Length: 54:00
  • Purchases: 9
National Writers Series: Marie Benedict
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Journalist and director of arts and culture for the city of Detroit Rochelle Riley interviews author Marie Benedict.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Jun 15, 2019
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 1
National Writers Series: Elizabeth Berg, Elizabeth Letts and Lynne Olson
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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National Writers Series co-founder Doug Stanton talks with authors Elizabeth Berg, Elizabeth Letts, and Lynne Olson.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Jun 14, 2019
  • Length: 54:31
  • Purchases: 1
National Writers Series: Diana Gabaldon
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series
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Diana Gabaldon talks about her "Outlander" series of books with Deb Leonard.

Bought by Michigan Radio and WKAR


  • Added: Dec 09, 2018
  • Length: 54:29
  • Purchases: 2
"The Glass Castle" author Jeannette Walls
From: New Letters on the Air
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Former celebrity journalist Jeannette Walls discusses her hardscrabble childhood which she depicted in her memoir THE GLASS CASTLE, now an August 2...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, and WFIU


  • Added: Aug 18, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Eliding History: Jill Lepore On Telling Stories
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
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Jill Lepore joins us to talk about three books: The Story of America; The Secret History of Wonder Woman; and Joe Gould's Teeth.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2016
  • Length: 01:03:04
BFFs, Girlfriends, and Besties (Hour)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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As the British Empire expanded, the fabric of society depended upon women’s friendships. One letter from a “BFF” back home could save a colonist fr...

Bought by WCNY, WMUU-LP, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KEDT, WTJU and more


  • Added: Oct 30, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 6
Truth and Fiction (Hour Long Version)
From: With Good Reason
Series: With Good Reason: Weekly Hour Long Episodes
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A new online archive of Grimm’s fairy tales reveals the evolution of these iconic stories, whose earlier versions were often violent and sexually s...

Bought by WCNY, KKRN, KREV-LP, WTJU, and KUNV


  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 53:55
  • Purchases: 5
Women's History Month: The Triangle Shirtwaist Fire
From: Francesca Rheannon
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Katharine Weber discusses her historical novel TRIANGLE, about the 1911 Triangle Shirtwaist Fire.

  • Added: Jan 29, 2015
  • Length: 27:20
Women's History Month: Poems Of The Women's Movement
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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Feminist poet Honor Moore talks about the anthology she edited, Poems From The Women’s Movement.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Jan 29, 2015
  • Length: 19:37
  • Purchases: 1
Women's History Month: Louisa May Alcott & her Marmee
From: Francesca Rheannon
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Historian and writer Eve LaPlante talks about her book, MARMEE AND LOUISA. It’s about the powerful relationship between Louisa May Alcott and her m...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2015
  • Length: 28:57
Women's History: Louisa May Alcott & American Bloomsbury
From: Francesca Rheannon
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Susan Cheever talks about her acclaimed 2010 biography, LOUISA MAY ALCOTT and about her 2007 book, AMERICAN BLOOMSBURY, Louisa May Alcott, Ralph Wa...

  • Added: Jan 29, 2015
  • Length: 59:07
Novelist Debra Brenegan
From: New Letters on the Air
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For the holiday weekend, we look back in history at Sara Payson Willis, a novelist, journalist, and feminist who wrote under the pseudonym "Fanny F...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Jul 09, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Culturology: Caroline Fraser, editor of "Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Little House Books" talks to Heidi Holtan
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Culturology
Caption: Caroline Fraser
Originally published from 1932 to 1943, Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books are classics of children's literature, beloved by millions. Now T...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 14:51
  • Purchases: 2
Mary Casanova on her new book, "Frozen," set in 1920s border country in northern MN
From: WTIP
Series: The Roadhouse
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WTIP's Ann Possis chatted with author Mary Casanova recently about her newest book, "Frozen," from the U of MN Press. Set in the beautiful, wild ar...

Bought by KVSC


  • Added: Oct 31, 2012
  • Length: 18:37
  • Purchases: 1
Louisa May Alcott: The Woman Behind Little Women
From: Liz Humes
Series: Wordy Birds
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On this episode of Wordy Birds we interview Harriet Reisen, the author of the Louisa May Alcott biography The Woman Behind Little Women, about the ...

  • Added: Jul 25, 2012
  • Length: 28:03
Janet Fox's novel FAITHFUL
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Janet Fox talks about and reads from FAITHFUL, her debut novel for teens and young adult readers. She also talks about the con...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 27, 2010
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Novelist and Book club favorite Sarah Dunant
From: New Letters on the Air
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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
The Wright Brothers' Sister
From: With Good Reason
Caption: Orville, Katharine and Wilbur Wright, Credit: Library of Congress
Why you've never heard of the Wright Brothers' sister, Katharine.

  • Added: Apr 14, 2009
  • Length: 29:00