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A postcard from the foot of the Canadian Rockies, up across the border.

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 31, 2023
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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A postcard from Tongue, Scotland

Bought by KTNA


  • Added: Dec 12, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Despite the fear associated with having a serious underlying condition, the Covid-19 pandemic has been an extremely fruitful period for Etgar Keret...

  • Added: Sep 10, 2020
  • Length: 09:13
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Juliet Cutler discusses her memoir "Among the Maasai." She also reads a short passage.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 30, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
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Sophia Shalmiyev discusses her lyric, immigrant memoir "Mother Winter." She also reads a short passage.

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


  • Added: Nov 12, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
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In the midst of our nation's immigration crisis, Shobha Rao discusses her novel, "Girls Burn Brighter." She also reads two short passages.

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


  • Added: Jul 01, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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Bestselling author Jamie Ford discusses his novel, Love and Other Consolation Prizes. He also reads short passages from the book.

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


  • Added: Dec 29, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
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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The City of Devi, an apocalyptic sex comedy and love story, is the third book in Manil Suri’s trilogy centered on Mumbai. [26:08]

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Feb 19, 2014
  • Length: 26:07
  • Purchases: 1
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The U.S. State Department has estimated that 1 million children each year are exploited by the global sex industry. Through a new novel, one author...

Bought by KENW and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Jul 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:34
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Louise Gibbons, Orla Kearns, and Michael McNamara.
Host Erik Redix, an assistant professor of American Indian Studies at UMD, talks with Michael McNamara, Orla Kearns, and Louise Gibbons about the c...

Bought by Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio, WMUU-LP, Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota, KSRQ, and KOJB 90.1 FM The eagle


  • Added: Apr 20, 2013
  • Length: 29:24
  • Purchases: 5
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Author of two memoirs about her life in Iran, Reading Lolita in Tehran and Things I've Been Silent About, Azar Nafisi talks about her books, her li...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Aug 05, 2011
  • Length: 25:05
  • Purchases: 1
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Basque writer Unai Elorriaga and Amaia Gabantxo, translator of Elorriaga's novel Plants Don’t Drink Coffee, discuss the book as well as the art of ...

  • Added: Jul 28, 2011
  • Length: 25:51
Caption: Joseph O'Neill
NETHERLAND, the 2009 novel by Joseph O'Neill, won the PEN/Faulkner award. He discusses the arduous process of writing the book, which is set in hi...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 29:00