PRX - Pieces for Tone: Engaging

Can't find it? Try Advanced Search
View by:

304 results


U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo
From: New Letters on the Air
Piece image
U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo (2019-2021) talks about her Native American heritage and reads poetry from her multi-award-winning book IN MAD LOVE AN...

Bought by KBIA, GCR (Global Community Radio), WNMU-FM, and KWMR


  • Added: Apr 01, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
National Writers Series: Honorée Jeffers, Wanda Morris, Vanessa Riley
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Four
Piece image
Rochelle Riley talks with authors Honorée Jeffers, Wanda Morris, and Vanessa Riley.

Bought by WNMU-FM and WKAR


  • Added: Mar 23, 2022
  • Length: 54:30
  • Purchases: 2
Poet and Essayist Kathryn Nuernberger
From: New Letters on the Air
Piece image
Poet and essayist Kathryn Nuernberger discusses how she once shied away from being a "woman writer" and why she now embraces it, as she reads from ...

  • Added: Mar 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
A conversation with Iranian-American novelist Marjan Kamali
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Piece image
Novelist Marjan Kamali talks about her recent novel The Stationery Shop-- a story that begins in 1953 in Iran and spans 60 years. We talk about Per...

Bought by RADIOLEX, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Mar 15, 2022
  • Length: 28:24
  • Purchases: 3
Kingsley Tufts Award-winning Poet Patricia Smith: Part 2
From: New Letters on the Air
Piece image
Patricia Smith, a 2017 National Endowment for the Arts fellow and the 2018 winner of the coveted Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award, is now the 2021 Ruth...

Bought by WDCB


  • Added: Feb 28, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Jennifer Huang
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
Piece image
Taiwanese-American poet Jennifer Huang discusses her debut collection, "Return Flight."

Bought by WETS, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 16, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Poet Randall Freisinger: Part 1
From: New Letters on the Air
Piece image
Poet Randall Freisinger is the author of five collections of poetry, including his 2019 poetry collection WINDTHROW & SALVAGE. He reads from early...

  • Added: Jan 25, 2022
  • Length: 29:00
Let's revisit National Book Award winner Charles Yu
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Charles Yu, Credit: Tina Chiou
In this rebroadcast, Charles Yu talks about his award-winning novel Interior Chinatown and the implications of Asian-American representation in pop...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio, Harford Community Radio, WMPG, and KZUM


  • Added: Jan 03, 2022
  • Length: 28:30
  • Purchases: 5
The Write Question ENCORE - Stephanie Land
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
Piece image
This is an encore performance of a 2019 interview between former host Sarah Aronson and author Stephanie Land. They discuss Stephanie's best-sellin...

Bought by WETS, Yellowstone Public Radio, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 29, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Meet Novelist Andrew Krivak
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Andrew Krivak, Credit: Sharona Jacobs
Andrew Krivak Andrew Krivak talks about The Bear a meditative novel about the last of humanity which is a surprisingly uplifting book and also a re...

Bought by WMPG, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., RADIOLEX, KZUM, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 20, 2021
  • Length: 28:55
  • Purchases: 5
The Presence of Pessoa - Part Two with Richard Zenith
From: WFHB
Series: Interchange
Piece image
In the aftermath of the death of his father (by tuberculosis) and in the face of losing his mother to another country and a second husband, Fernand...

Bought by RADIOLEX


  • Added: Dec 14, 2021
  • Length: 59:00
  • Purchases: 1
Novelist and Poet Gerald Vizenor
From: New Letters on the Air
Piece image
We honor Native American Heritage Month with U.S. veteran and writer, Gerald Vizenor. Raised on the White Earth Reservation in Minnesota, Vizenor a...

Bought by KVNF, WNMU-FM, RadioFreePalmer, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WNJR


  • Added: Nov 17, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Ruth Ozeki's New Novel is Poignant and Inventive
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
Piece image
Ruth Ozeki is a novelist, filmmaker, and Zen Buddhist priest . She’s the award-winning author of three novels and her latest one is The Book of Fo...

  • Added: Nov 06, 2021
  • Length: 11:41
Poet, editor, and translator, Wayne Miller
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: Wayne Miller
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
Novelist Marisel Vera talks about writing 19th Century Puerto Rico
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Marisel Vera , Credit: Wes Carrasquillo
Marisel Vera talks about unpacking the history of late 19th century Puerto Rico for her novel “The Taste of Sugar.”

Bought by WMPG, RADIOLEX, and KZUM


  • Added: Oct 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Novelist and Essayist Sergio Troncoso
From: New Letters on the Air
Piece image
We continue National Hispanic Heritage Month with essayist and fiction writer, Sergio Troncoso. A 2020 International Book Award winner for Best Col...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Oct 07, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Meet Author Kate DiCamillo
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Kate DiCamillo, Credit: Courtesy: Candlewick Press
A conversation with YA and children’s author Kate DiCamillo about reading and writing.

Bought by KZUM, RADIOLEX, and Spokane Public Radio


  • Added: Oct 05, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Leila Slimani's New Novel: In the Country of Others
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
Piece image
Leila Slimani's New Novel: In the Country of Others

  • Added: Oct 01, 2021
  • Length: 11:26
Freya Sampson's new novel: The Last Chance Library
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
Piece image
Freya Sampson's new novel: The Last Chance Library

  • Added: Oct 01, 2021
  • Length: 08:37
International Latino Book Award-winning Poet Xánath Caraza: Part 2
From: New Letters on the Air
Piece image
We celebrate National Hispanic Heritage month with the second part of our interview with poet Xanath (shaw-nath) Caraza, who is a finalist for the ...

  • Added: Sep 30, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
Poet and Musician Ted Olson Discusses Appalachia
From: New Letters on the Air
Piece image
Ted Olson, a professor of Appalachian Studies at East Tennessee State University, discusses how his writing has been impacted by the region's histo...

  • Added: Jul 06, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
Rupert Thomson discusses his novel Never Anyone But You
From: New Letters on the Air
Piece image
British writer Rupert Thomson, whose 2021 book BARCELONA DREAMING is set just before the 2008 financial crash, often writes about tough times. He ...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Jul 01, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Meet 2020 Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jericho Brown, Credit: Brian Cornelius
Jericho Brown talks about writing his Pulitzer Prize-winning poetry collection The Tradition

Bought by WMPG


  • Added: Jun 14, 2021
  • Length: 29:38
  • Purchases: 1
Love, Humor, and Coping With Grief in Steven Rowley's The Guncle
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
Caption: Author Steven Rowley, Credit: Byron Lane
Steven Rowley is the author of Lily and the Octopus and The Editor. His new novel is a a warm and deeply funny story about a once-famous gay sitcom...

Bought by KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif.


  • Added: Jun 11, 2021
  • Length: 09:37
  • Purchases: 1
The Legacy of Mothers and Daughters in Gabriela Garcia's Debut "Of Women and Salt"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
Piece image
"Of Women and Salt" takes us from present day to Miami to a family detention center in Texas, to Mexico and then back to a 19th century cigar facto...

  • Added: May 14, 2021
  • Length: 11:54