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Michael Czarnecki, poet and publisher
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Michael Czarnecki talks about his transition from working at a job to making his living as a poet and publisher. He also reads...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 28, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
Poet and fiction writer, Sapphire
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Sapphire
Poet and fiction writer Sapphire, best-known for her novel PUSH, which became the award-winning film PRECIOUS, reads from her 2011 novel, THE KID, ...

Bought by WCSU-FM


  • Added: Nov 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 1
FINDING JOE -- Filmmaker Pat Solomon
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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FINDING JOE -- Filmmaker Pat Solomon on bliss, fear, and why Joseph Campbell will always be relevant.

  • Added: Oct 14, 2011
  • Length: 13:51
Neil Gaiman: A Reading and Interview
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Writers on a New England Stage
Caption: Neil Gaiman waits backstage, Credit: David J. Murray, Clear Eyed Photo
Multimedia sensation reads from the new edition of "American Gods," and talks Twitter, Dr. Who, and the power of librarians with host Virginia Pres...

Bought by KSRQ, Connecticut Public (WNPR), and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Jun 29, 2011
  • Length: 49:27
  • Purchases: 3
David Lipsky and Rick Moody on David Foster Wallace
From: KCRW
Series: KCRW's Bookworm
Caption: Michael Silverblatt, Credit: Marc Goldstein
When David Foster Wallace died, he left behind drafts of a novel called The Pale King.

  • Added: Apr 13, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Michelle Latiolais
From: Mario Diaz
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Michell Latiolis reveals how the death of her husband impacted the stories in her new collection Widow.

  • Added: Apr 07, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
Jenny Shank, author 'The Ringer'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program Jenny Shank talks about her new (and first) book, THE RINGER, a novel about baseball, racial tension, and two families trying t...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 18, 2011
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 1
Author Elizabeth Gilbert on being "Committed."
From: New Hampshire Public Radio
Series: Writers on a New England Stage
Caption: Author Elizabeth Gilbert
"Eat, Pray, Love" author Elizabeth Gilbert reads from her latest memoir, "Committed." In an interview with Virginia Prescott, she reveals what it i...

Bought by KUFM - Montana Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 14, 2011
  • Length: 53:24
  • Purchases: 1
Aldo Leopold and the Emerging Land Ethic (59:00 / 54:00 - Free Program)
From: Jack Loeffler
Caption: Aldo Leopold, Credit: Aldo Leopold Foundation
A celebration of the life Aldo Leopold, the man who wrote “A Sand County Almanac” in 1949, and introduced Ethics as the fundamental concept that sh...

Bought by KZYX, WRGY, KUPR low power FM, WMUU-LP, KCMJ Community Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 07, 2011
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 15
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
Mary Zeiss Stange, author of Hard Grass: Life on the Crazy Woman Bison Ranch
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Out in southeast Montana, near the small town of Ekalaka, is where Mary Zeiss Stange and her husband, Doug, own and run the Crazy Woman Bison Ranch...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Nov 23, 2010
  • Length: 29:04
  • Purchases: 1
New England Poetry Hour - Helen Vendler & Keith Waldrop
From: Open Source
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It's a New England poetry hour, starting with Amherst's Emily Dickinson by way of Helen Vendler, the closest of close readers of poetry, and ending...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and New Hampshire Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 14, 2010
  • Length: 58:59
  • Purchases: 2
Gail Carriger on the Parasol Protectorate Series
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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Maddi Frick's conversation with Gail Carriger.

  • Added: Aug 12, 2010
  • Length: 19:19
The Poet and His Dyslexia
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
Caption: Poet Philip Schultz
Host Francesca Rheannon spends the hour with poet Philip Schultz talking about his poetry, his method of teaching writing — and his dyslexia. His l...

Bought by WXXI Rochester


  • Added: Aug 11, 2010
  • Length: 59:01
  • Purchases: 1
Joe Plut on "Conversations with Jon Hassler"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: Realgoodwords
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RealGoodWords is a one-hour weekly radio program for readers, writers and those who appreciate the written word.

  • Added: Jun 24, 2010
  • Length: 28:44
Marianne Wiggins
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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During this program, Marianne Wiggins talks about her novel, THE SHADOW CATCHER, which combines fiction with biography (albeit a semi-fictional Mar...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jun 20, 2010
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
THE LAST STATION -- Writer/director Michael Hoffman talks with Andrea Chase about his film.
From: Andrea Chase
Series: Behind the Scenes
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THE LAST STATION -- Writer/director Michael Hoffman talks with Andrea Chase about using Chekhov to get to Tolstoy, why love is as wondrous and infu...

  • Added: Jan 07, 2010
  • Length: 16:04
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


  • Added: Dec 14, 2009
  • Length: 58:54
  • Purchases: 6
Told and Retold :Spring
From: Sarah Montague
Caption: "Robert Bly & Gioia Timpanelli
A Seasonal celebration of storytelling : Spring

Bought by North Country Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 06, 2009
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Garret Dillahunt
From: Tony Tellado
Series: Best Of Sci-Fi Talk
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Actor from Terminator: Sara Conner Chronicles discusses the series and his film work in No Country For Old Men and The Assassination Of Jesse James...

  • Added: Jan 26, 2009
  • Length: 42:20
Re-reading 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
From: With Good Reason
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Exploring why both the book and the film, "To Kill a Mockingbird," are still considered iconic and beloved, including an interview with Mary Badham...

Bought by Troy Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, and KGOU


  • Added: Apr 17, 2008
  • Length: 29:57
  • Purchases: 3
Susan Sontag and Norman Mailer on Live From Prairie Lights
From: Iowa Public Radio
Caption: PRX default Piece image
Susan Sontag and her last novel, "In America." Norman Mailer and his book, "Time of Our Time.

  • Added: Jan 10, 2008
  • Length: 54:30
CamForum - The Planets
From: Cambridge Forum
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THE PLANETS is Dava Sobel's historic and scientific tour of our solar system.

  • Added: Jun 28, 2007
  • Length: 13:21
CamForum - Eco Imagination: David Abrams
From: Cambridge Forum
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The Spell of the Sensuous: Perception and Language in a More-Than-Human World

  • Added: Jun 28, 2007
  • Length: 28:59
Live Deliberate: An Interview With Christopher Gutierrez, Straight Edge Writer and Spoken Word Artist
From: Youth Spin - KOOP 91.7 FM
Series: Straight Edge; Who, What and Why?
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An Interview With Christopher Gutierrez, Straight Edge Writer and Spoken Word Artist

Bought by KUNM, NPR Station Showcase with PRX, and WXLV-FM


  • Added: May 18, 2007
  • Length: 10:50
  • Purchases: 3