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Banning of so-called “classics” grabs public attention, but books like To Kill a Mockingbird and 1984 don't need your defense. It's the more recent...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2023
  • Length: 19:25
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Minnesota Book Award winner Brian Farrey talks about his book "The Counterclockwise Heart"

  • Added: Jun 08, 2023
  • Length: 07:47
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Book bans and challenges have been on the rise in the past few years. When BPL launched a free eCard to give out-of-state teens access to our eBook...

  • Added: Jun 13, 2022
  • Length: 25:25
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Reading as discussed with Former Congresswoman Pat Schroeder, Prof. Dr. Susan Newman and Clay Sherod. Recorded on July 2, 2002.

  • Added: Mar 29, 2021
  • Length: 24:52
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Richard Fifield discusses his young adult novel, "The Small Crimes of Tiffany Templeton." He also reads a short section.

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


  • Added: Feb 24, 2020
  • Length: 28:59
  • Purchases: 3
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The book chooses a new reader. A prophecy is revealed. And hope breaks on the horizon in episode 4 of the Flyest Fables anthology.

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Apr 08, 2019
  • Length: 15:25
  • Purchases: 1
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A story about my life-long love of language and poetry -- its richness as a spoken form and how it solidified despite (and because of) the confini...

  • Added: Mar 21, 2019
  • Length: 07:58
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Is Orlando bloom a good kisser? Is speaking in Elvish really that nerdy? Meet the teenagers who wished they could replace middle school with middl...

  • Added: Oct 07, 2018
  • Length: 36:13
Caption: The Mother Daughter Book Club at One More Page bookstore discusses "A Mango Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass
Do you see colors when you do math problems? The heroine of "A Mango Shaped Space" does. Kids from the Mother/Daughter Book Club at One More Page b...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2016
  • Length: 19:28
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What IS the Book Club for Kids podcast? Host Kitty Felde explains.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2015
  • Length: 05:05
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Students from DC's Jefferson Academy middle school discuss this modern classic gothic romance with host Kitty Felde.

  • Added: Sep 13, 2015
  • Length: 20:03
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Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Berryman's Hands." The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesot...

  • Added: Sep 09, 2013
  • Length: 02:03
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Michael Goldberg contributes "The Last Word," his weekly topical essay to Northern Community Radio's Between You and Me program on Saturdays.

  • Added: May 20, 2013
  • Length: 03:08
Caption: Erika Kooda
Erika Kooda is a senior at Grand Rapids High School and an intern at Northern Community Radio. During the school year she's been checking in with e...

Bought by KKWE Niijii Radio and KSRQ


  • Added: May 13, 2013
  • Length: 03:06
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Poetry Out Loud Participants, Credit: Patty Polasky
A documentary piece featuring citation and commentary from high school students from Fosston, Clearbrook-Gonvick, and Trek North High Schools durin...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2012
  • Length: 11:09
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Actor Robert Redford reads passages from Jack London's great American novel. The program also features Patagonia founder, Yvon Chouinard, and many ...

Bought by KMUN, KPIP-LP, KQED, KRZA, and PRX Remix


  • Added: Aug 16, 2011
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
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Andy attends a poetry reading on Mill Ave.

Bought by KZYX


  • Added: May 20, 2009
  • Length: 02:56
  • Purchases: 1
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revisiting the Seuss classic

Bought by KZMU Moab Community Radio


  • Added: Jun 29, 2008
  • Length: 04:54
  • Purchases: 1
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Her first year in the competition, Annie says this piece is about a boy who thought he deserved a story. Annie Kahane is 19 years old and a member...

  • Added: Apr 02, 2008
  • Length: 03:04
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There is an editor within each of us, and sometimes that editor needs to be killed. This poet is a student at Maine East High School (Park Ridge,...

  • Added: Mar 22, 2007
  • Length: 02:26