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Interview with Alison Hawthorne Deming. Sunday, December 4, 2011
From: Words On A Wire
Series: Words On A Wire (Best Of)
Caption: Alison Hawthorne Deming
Poet, essayist, and teacher, Alison Hawthorne Deming compares the northeast and southwest landscapes and their different impacts on her writing pro...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 29:02
Interview with Luis Alberto Urrea. Sunday, March 25th, 2012.
From: Words On A Wire
Series: Words On A Wire (Best Of)
Caption: Luis Alberto Urrea
Luis Alberto Urrea discusses his latest book "Queen of America," and his alternating relationship to prose and poetry. He also talks about his expe...

  • Added: Feb 27, 2013
  • Length: 14:31
Like No Business I Know
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Jerry Stiller
There's no business like show business.... In TONY winner Christopher Durang's witty MRS. SORKEN, a wacky theater devotee gets her chance in the s...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), Oregon Public Broadcasting, and KUNM


  • Added: Jan 10, 2013
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 3
Someone To Watch Over Me
From: Playing on Air
Series: Playing on Air Hour Length Episodes
Caption: Merritt Wever
Two short plays, with multiple Tony and Emmy winners Deborah Monk, Julie Halston, Merritt Wever, and others. In WEST OF STUPID, a teacher, vacation...

Bought by Connecticut Public (WNPR), WVPE, Oregon Public Broadcasting, New Hampshire Public Radio, Oregon Public Broadcasting and more


  • Added: Dec 22, 2012
  • Length: 53:00
  • Purchases: 6
Sanderstown
From: Sarah Lawrence College Radio
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The people of Sanderstown struggle with the dark past of a plague that left it's mark. A fictional piece by Elizabeth Morgan.

  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 14:44
Seller of Dreams
From: Claes Andreasson
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A sound-rich fairy tale by Henry Beston

  • Added: Oct 01, 2011
  • Length: 15:29
Jack's Last Call: Say Goodbye To Kerouac (EDITED language version w/ ID break)
From: Sue Zizza
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Takes place August 1964 as Keroauc is packing to move to Florida ( edited language version ) ----- for unedited explicit language version go to ---...

Bought by RadioStPete Florida, KAAD-LP, WCBE, KMXT, KUNM and more


  • Added: Apr 01, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 31
Jack's Last Call: Say Goodbye To Kerouac (EXPLICIT language version)
From: Sue Zizza
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Takes place August 1964 as Keroauc is packing to move to Florida (EXPLICIT language version) --- for edited language version and promos go to --- h...

Bought by WVPE


  • Added: Apr 01, 2008
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
hugging birds
From: gavin lapid
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body narrative/dating a bird/short story written on the night shift

  • Added: Oct 09, 2006
  • Length: 07:15
Natural Fluidity
From: Susan Johnston
Series: Spoken Word: The Capital Poetry Collective Series
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Ritallin performs live: A passionate and erotic piece from one of Canada's best spoken word artists

  • Added: Feb 19, 2006
  • Length: :53
Until the Pen Runs out of Ink
From: Susan Johnston
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Kevin Matthews' short social commentary, with a tongue-in-cheek look at spoken word

  • Added: Oct 18, 2005
  • Length: 02:09
A Cook's Notebook: Pears
From: Ali Berlow
Series: A Cook's Notebook
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An artist paints pears.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, and Jennifer Cecil Moore


  • Added: Jul 14, 2004
  • Length: 02:55
  • Purchases: 3
Dancing On Hurt Feet
From: Christopher Sprinkle
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Beautiful spoken-word poem by renowned artist Jaha Zainabu.

Bought by WSLR


  • Added: Jul 02, 2004
  • Length: 03:55
  • Purchases: 1