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Father and Son Clash as the Rapture Approaches: MN Writer Lin Enger and American Gospel
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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What We're Reading producer and Staff Librarian Tammy Bobrowsky talks with Minnesota Writer Lin Enger. His new novel is called American Gospel. It'...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 10:13
Welcome Lauren Korn, New Host of 'The Write Question'
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
Caption: The Write Question's new host, Lauren Korn
Sarah Aronson interviews the new host of The Write Question, Lauren Korn.

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


  • Added: Dec 02, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Poet Heid E. Erdrich
From: New Letters on the Air
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Poet Heid E. Erdrich, whose 2020 book, LITTLE BIG BULLY, is a National Poetry Series Award winner, comes from a talented family that includes oldes...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Nov 30, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
A Mother-Daughter Duel Memoir Exploring Immigration, Trauma, and Motherhood
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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FAMILY IN SIX TONES is a duel memoir co-authored by writer and law professor at the Chapman University School of Law, Lan Cao and her daughter Harl...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 19, 2020
  • Length: 12:38
  • Purchases: 1
International Latino Book Award-winning Poet Xánath Caraza: Part 1
From: New Letters on the Air
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National Hispanic Heritage Month continues with Xanath Caraza, a multi-International Latino Book Award winner. In part one of this interview, she t...

Bought by GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Oct 07, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Friendship and Aging in Charlotte Wood's New Novel, The Weekend
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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A sharp, sometimes painful, sometimes funny exploration of aging and friendship.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 14:28
The Writing Well: Fiction Writers Share Inspirations, Tips, and Techniques
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR's Classic Series continues with an anthology on fiction writing, going to "the writing well" to fill the creative spirit wit...

Bought by KMXT, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 11, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Poet & Essayist Molly Peacock
From: New Letters on the Air
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Molly Peacock gives an in-depth look into her latest work, THE ANALYST, which traces her decades long journey with her personal psychologist throug...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
From the National Endowment for the Arts--Art Works
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
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Poet Adrian Mateka talks about The Big Smoke a collection of 52 poems about Jack Johnson--the first African-American heavyweight world champion.

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, KMUN, KGNU Community Radio, KZUM, and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 29:27
  • Purchases: 5
From the National Endowment for the Arts--Art Works
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Jesmyn Ward, Credit: Tony Cook
A conversation with two-time National Book Award winner, Jesmyn Ward.

Bought by Harford Community Radio and KMUN


  • Added: Jul 06, 2020
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 2
10 Minutes with Rudolfo Anaya
From: Paul Ingles
Caption: Rudolfo Anaya
Highlights from a 2002 writer's forum in Jemez Springs, New Mexico that featured beloved New Mexico author Rudolfo Anaya. FROM ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL...

Bought by KRZA


  • Added: Jun 30, 2020
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
New York Times Bestselling Novelist Meg Wolitzer
From: New Letters on the Air
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For Mother's Day, we'll revisit NEW YORK TIMES Bestselling author, Meg Wolitzer, who reads from her most recent novel, THE FEMALE PERSUASION. She d...

Bought by WDCB


  • Added: May 13, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Free Verse Project - 422
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Claire Compton, Taylor White, and Nicole Gomez from the Free Verse Project: Voices from Montana's Juvenile Detention Centers speak about their work.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Apr 06, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
The Write Question - Laura Munson - 442
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Best-selling author Laura Munson discusses her novel, Willa's Grove. She also reads short passages.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, WSGE, KWMR and more


  • Added: Feb 27, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Past American Voice of Ernest Gaines
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:GNU_Free_Documentation_License,_version_1.2, Credit: S L O W K I N G
Black History Month continues with a tribute to one of America's best fiction writers, Ernest Gaines (1933-2019.This Past American Voices episode f...

Bought by WDCB


  • Added: Feb 20, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Christopher Ingraham's "If You Lived Here You'd Be Home By Now."
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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Washington Post reporter and new Minnesota transplant, Christopher Ingram has written a book about his family's transition from the east coast to r...

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Feb 08, 2020
  • Length: 05:58
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Jory Mickelson - 413
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Award-winning poet Jory Mickelson discusses their work, "Wilderness//Kingdom." They also read several poems.

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


  • Added: Jan 27, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Inaugural Kansas City 18th & Vine Poet Laureate Glenn North
From: New Letters on the Air
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New Letters on the Air features Glenn North, the inaugural Poet Laureate of the 18th and Vine Historic Jazz District. This Cave Canem fellow shares...

  • Added: Jan 20, 2020
  • Length: 29:00
Author R.O. Kwon's novel The Incendiaries has everyone talking and for good reason
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: R.O. Kwon, Credit: Smeeta Mahanti
Author R.O. Kwon's book The Incendiaries has been named a best book of the year by over forty publications. Not bad for a first book! But it's als...

Bought by KZUM and Harford Community Radio


  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 28:53
  • Purchases: 2
Madeline Miller talks about her novel Circe
From: National Endowment for the Arts
Series: Art Works
Caption: Madeline Miller, Credit: Nina Subin
The ever-compelling Greek myths fuel Madeline Miller's imagination. Circe is the second novel she sets among the god and goddesses and she puts the...

Bought by WKMS, Harford Community Radio, WMPG, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Dec 13, 2019
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 4
National Writers Series: Peter Matthiessen
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Author Peter Matthiessen talks with National Writers Series co-founder Doug Stanton.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 54:29
  • Purchases: 1
National Writers Series: Susan Orlean
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Author Susan Orlean talks with To the Best of Our Knowledge host Anne Strainchamps.

Bought by Michigan Radio and WKAR


  • Added: Oct 29, 2019
  • Length: 54:29
  • Purchases: 2
National Writers Series: Jeffrey Eugenides
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Author Jeffrey Eugenides talks with Jeremy Chamberlin.

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: Oct 05, 2019
  • Length: 54:29
  • Purchases: 1
Writers Voice: Cory Doctorow, RADICALIZED & MAKERS
From: Francesca Rheannon
Series: Writer's Voice
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We spend the hour with science fiction novelist, blogger and technology activist, Cory Doctorow. First, we talk with him about his terrific new boo...

  • Added: Sep 06, 2019
  • Length: 59:01
Kansas Poets Laureate: Part 1
From: New Letters on the Air
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Our celebration of State Poets Laureate continues with a look back at previous holders of the title in Kansas. Part one of this public reading feat...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Sep 04, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1