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Dawn Powell wrote novels about people like herself: outsiders who’d come to New York City in the early twentieth century to make a name for themsel...
Bought by KALW
- Added: Jan 25, 2024
- Length: 22:02
- Purchases: 1
Andy Truscott speaks with Greg Hammond, an author from Wilmington, Delaware – and one of the Delaware Division of the Arts’ 2022 Emerging Individua...
- Added: Oct 12, 2022
- Length: 22:13
What is The Blues? Arts and Cultural Heritage Reporter Jeff Carmack looks for the answer as he explores the Head Water Blues Opry, performed at th...
- Added: Sep 12, 2022
- Length: 29:25
A woman becomes a best-selling novelist by writing 120 books about her first romance.
- Added: Mar 27, 2018
- Length: 24:49
“I keep saying ‘where’s the body? Kill someone,’” Marilyn Stasio told us. She reads at least 200 crime novels a year to determine which are worthy ...
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jan 09, 2018
- Length: 23:58
- Purchases: 1
Pirates and their deeds become legend. Blackbeard, Lester’s personal favorite, did this thing with canon fuses, or so the legend goes. Just as his...
- Added: Aug 11, 2016
- Length: 26:15
Philip Armand gets repeatedly bitten by a spider and a famous artist dangles the carrot of fame.
- Added: Mar 21, 2016
- Length: 06:22
The dystopian novel, "Nineteen Eighty Four" describes a future society martialed by constant surveillance, tyranny, and torture...
- Added: Aug 22, 2015
- Length: 02:20:44
You'd think you could trust dictionaries, but it turns out, they are riddled with LIES.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Mar 26, 2015
- Length: 15:26
- Purchases: 1
McLean recorded his first album, Tapestry, in 1969 in Berkeley, California, during the student riots. After being rejected 72 times by labels, the ...
- Added: Jan 13, 2015
- Length: 59:30
- Purchases: 11
Raymond Chandler is often called the greatest American crime novelist. But something very important to Chandler had gotten lost. No one noticed u...
- Added: Dec 22, 2014
- Length: 16:08
- Purchases: 2
Podcasting from The Old Oak Street Burial Ground in Grafton, MA, Piazza and I speak with author, Roberta Grimes, about her book “The Fun of Dying: ...
- Added: Nov 04, 2014
- Length: 52:54
On the road from The Grand Theater in downtown Wausau, WI. Featuring Frank Montano, Charlie Parr, Michael Perry, the Blue Canvas Orchestra and spe...
Bought by Wisconsin Public Radio, WRNC-LP, WNMU-FM, WDSE, KMXT and more
- Added: Jun 20, 2014
- Length: 59:02
- Purchases: 6
A look at that DIY mainstay, known as the zine, through the lens of a long-running publication called Factsheet Five.
Bought by PRX Remix
- Added: Jul 02, 2013
- Length: 07:18
- Purchases: 1
Judith Jones, Julia Child's editor, discusses her favorite author with Canada's food sleuth, Marion Kane.
- Added: Jun 25, 2012
- Length: 09:12
Welcome to the Jazz Age. This lyrical portrait of The Great Gatsby features readings by actor Sam Waterston and commentary by Robert Redford, among...
Bought by Prairie Public, KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, KRZA and more
- Added: Aug 16, 2011
- Length: 29:13
- Purchases: 7
Children's author Luli Gray talks about her new picture book, "Ant and Grasshopper."
- Added: Jun 12, 2011
- Length: 05:00
Give your listeners a look at life's unpredictable pageant through the eyes of the engagingly grumpy comic book author Harvey Pekar.
Bought by KSFR
- Added: Jul 14, 2010
- Length: 36:07
- Purchases: 1
Please join Arts & Cultural Reporter Jeff Carmack for a feature covering the rather unique and inspiring people and organizations which create a re...
- Added: May 17, 2010
- Length: 28:58
On a cool October night, two dozen international writers were shuttled to Fort Madison, Iowa, home of the Tri-State Rodeo. They had come in search ...
- Added: Feb 20, 2010
- Length: 14:46
Deb Dunn’s second love, after her husband, was teaching marine biology. But about five years ago, she had to give it up.
- Added: Jan 19, 2010
- Length: 05:30
- Added: Nov 26, 2007
- Length: 27:08
- Purchases: 2
At a recent event put on by first book hundreds of kids were given books as part of the 5 million books project.
- Added: Sep 27, 2007
- Length: 09:11
- Added: Dec 07, 2006
- Length: 11:03
- Purchases: 1
