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In his celebrated career, James Sallis has created some of the most finely drawn protagonists in crime fiction, all of them thoughtful observers of...

  • Added: Jan 12, 2017
  • Length: 11:14
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In the fact of the fear, confusing and despair many Americans feel after the election, one group of individuals joined together to share stories of...

Bought by KALW


  • Added: Nov 16, 2016
  • Length: 52:51
  • Purchases: 1
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Tammy Bobrowsky talks with New York Times bestselling author Ryan North about his fun spin on Shakespeare in his new book “Romeo and/or Juliet: a c...

  • Added: Jun 20, 2016
  • Length: 09:49
Caption: Sara, Mateo, and Max
Imagine a future where deadly tornadoes are a part of daily life. That's writer Kate Messner's world in "Eye of the Storm." 5th graders from Belved...

  • Added: Mar 28, 2016
  • Length: 20:10
Caption: Lina Nguyen, Kyra Johnson, and Ava Muniz are 6th graders at Sonora Elementary School in Costa Mesa
Writer Ronald L. Smith takes us on a trip down south, to the backwoods of Alabama, where a young boy was born with a heart-shaped birthmark, the ma...

  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 21:53
Caption: Baghdad Radio Orchestra 1938, Credit: Shlomo Elkivity
Professor Nancy Berg examines the legacy of Iraqi-Jewish writers, along with questions of home and identity.

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Mar 10, 2016
  • Length: 11:50
  • Purchases: 1
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Tammy Bobrowsky reviews The Girl With All the Gifts, Let's Go Fishing!, and we hear listen-reader reviews of Dear Mr. You, and Being Mortal.

  • Added: Feb 08, 2016
  • Length: 05:44
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The late Julian Bond conducted 51 extensive interviews with prominent black leaders in America. Phyllis Leffler who led the project with Bond, has ...

Bought by WLPR , WNSB, KISA Digital Studios, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, Red River Radio Network (E. Texas/Louisiana/Arkansas/Mississippi) and more


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 53:58
  • Purchases: 9
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Julie Schumacher talks with Heidi Holtan about her new book, "Dear Committee Members."

  • Added: Jan 06, 2016
  • Length: 10:24
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Tammy Bobrowsky and listener-readers review the following books: The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry, Letters to Isabella, Home, and The Art of Languag...

  • Added: Nov 20, 2015
  • Length: 08:25
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Tammy Bobrowsky reviews books with recent or upcoming movie adaptations, including listener-reader reviews: A Walk in the Woods, Room, The Devil in...

  • Added: Nov 10, 2015
  • Length: 06:49
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Our friend, Susan Carol Hauser passed away recently - suddenly, and she will be missed by many. Susan was an award winning poet, essayist and natur...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Aug 12, 2015
  • Length: 02:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Aaron Wenger is a retired educator. He is an engineer that became an educator. He is KAXE's staff physicist, and a poet. A daily reminder that, in ...

  • Added: Jul 22, 2015
  • Length: :54
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Christopher Irvin is the author of Federales and Burn Cards, as well as short stories featured in several publications, including Thuglit, Beat to ...

  • Added: Jul 13, 2015
  • Length: 14:54
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In honor of Independence Day, a former radio DJ joins us to play a selection of patriotic songs sung by African Americans. (And more...)

Bought by KZYX, WJCT, WVAS, WNMU-FM, KHNS and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 28:58
  • Purchases: 11
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This stirring hour show of American music and literature begins with patriotic musical performances by the likes of Marian Anderson, Paul Robeson, ...

Bought by WVTF, Mississippi Public Broadcasting, KHNS, WUTC, WVTF and more


  • Added: Jun 03, 2015
  • Length: 53:56
  • Purchases: 38
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This Poetry Month: We celebrate the late African American poet Lucille Clifton, who was widely acclaimed for her powerful explorations of race, wo...

Bought by WJCT, WKCC, KVMR, KENW, WLIW and more


  • Added: Apr 14, 2015
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 7
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Teresa Evangeline spends her days on a little piece of land along the Pine River observing and experiencing the beauty of the world. Then, through...

  • Added: Feb 26, 2015
  • Length: 01:18
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Larry Gavin teaches English at Faribault High School. He's had three collections of poetry published by Red Dragonfly Press and he's a nationally ...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2015
  • Length: 02:42
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New York Times columnist Charles Blow, one of America's most innovative and respected journalists, has written a redemptive memoir that fits both t...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 59:49
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Donald Dass, a Duluth poet, says about himself that he's a lifelong bon-vivant easing into geezerhood while examines he the mystery, whimsy and fru...

  • Added: Aug 13, 2014
  • Length: 01:48
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Henry Chang is a novelist and a native New Yorker.

  • Added: Jul 08, 2014
  • Length: 16:45
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Teresa Evangeline spends her days on a little piece of land along the Pine River observing and experiencing the beauty of the world. Then, through...

  • Added: May 14, 2014
  • Length: 01:51
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Oyeyemi has a way of seeing modern life as a series of fairy tales, and she likes to scatter them throughout the forest, upending monsters and unde...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Mar 27, 2014
  • Length: 21:58
  • Purchases: 1
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Charlie Pulkrabek is a writer and visual artist living in the Bemidji area. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Min...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 02:08
  • Purchases: 1