All Pieces for New Letters on the Air

 
Claudia Emerson: Past American Voice
From: New Letters on the Air
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We pay tribute to Pulitzer Prize winner Claudia Emerson, the former Virginia Poet Laureate (2008-10) who died December 4, 2014. Emerson deftly port...

Bought by WABE and WNJR


  • Added: Dec 31, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Mark Strand: Past American Voice
From: New Letters on the Air
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We honor the life of poet Mark Strand, who passed away on November 29, 2014 at the age of 80. This archive recording features the former U.S. Poet ...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Dec 24, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Memoirist Cheryl Strayed
From: New Letters on the Air
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Cheryl Strayed's memoir, WILD: FROM LOST TO FOUND ON THE PACIFIC CREST TRAIL, took over twenty years to write and has since been selected by Oprah'...

Bought by WMUU-LP, KQED, WNJR, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and WJCU


  • Added: Dec 11, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Understanding Others: Transformative Writers
From: New Letters on the Air
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We give thanks for transformative writers in this episode entitled UNDERSTANDING OTHERS, a show that features excerpts from six programs that highl...

  • Added: Dec 04, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Novelist Daniel Woodrell
From: New Letters on the Air
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Award-winning author Daniel Woodrell, discusses his 2013 novel THE MAID'S VERSION. Told around a mysterious and tragic explosion at a 1920s dance c...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Nov 06, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Richard Blanco & Fred Arroyo
From: New Letters on the Air
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We continue our celebration of National Hispanic Heritage Month with a public reading featuring writers of Cuban and Puerto Rican heritage, Richard...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Oct 16, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
American Sanctuaries
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: American Sanctuaries
NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR celebrates libraries with this audio anthology of poets, novelists, and memoirists who talk about how they found inspiration...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Oct 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Poet and Children's Author Janice N. Harrington
From: New Letters on the Air
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Janice N. Harrington, draws from myriad experiences to create her poetry and children's stories. In this interview with NEW LETTERS magazine editor...

Bought by WMUU-LP, WNJR, and XRAY.fm


  • Added: Sep 10, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Authors Readers Theatre
From: New Letters on the Air
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Richard Peck (A YEAR DOWN YONDER), Brian Selznick (THE INVENTION OF HUGO CABRET), Sarah Weeks (PIE), and Avi (CRISPEN: THE CROSS OF LEAD) discuss t...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 30:30
  • Purchases: 1
Nadine Gordimer Memorial
From: New Letters on the Air
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We remember the Nobel Prize-winning South African writer Nadine Gordimer, who passed away on July 13, 2014. In this 1994 interview with former NEW ...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Aug 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Novelist Thomas Keneally
From: New Letters on the Air
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We mark the centennial of the start of World War I with the acclaimed author of 29 books, including the well-known SCHINDLER'S LIST (originally SCH...

  • Added: Jul 17, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Novelist Debra Brenegan
From: New Letters on the Air
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For the holiday weekend, we look back in history at Sara Payson Willis, a novelist, journalist, and feminist who wrote under the pseudonym "Fanny F...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Jul 09, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Poet, Novelist, and Non-Fiction Writer Janet Burroway
From: New Letters on the Air
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Short Description: MEMOIR about her soldier son who committed suicide. She talks about writing non-fiction and her earlier elegiac book, EMBALMING...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
Poet and Painter Hadara Bar-Nadav
From: New Letters on the Air
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Poet Hadara Bar-Nadav refers to many works of art in her 2012 collection THE FRAME CALLED RUIN, while in her 2013 collection, LULLABY (WITH EXIT SI...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Jun 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Chinese Memoirist and Novelist Anchee Min
From: New Letters on the Air
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For Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month, we revisit best-selling memoirist and fiction writer, Anchee Min. 2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 22, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Man Booker Prize-winning author Anne Enright
From: New Letters on the Air
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For Women's History Month with a nod to St.Patty's Day, we revisit Irish author Anne Enright, who discusses her dark but humorous approach to writi...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WJCU


  • Added: Mar 19, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Crime Novelist and Investigative Reporter Hank Phillippi Ryan
From: New Letters on the Air
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Acclaimed crime fiction writer and Emmy-winning investigative reporter, Hank Phillippi Ryan reads from her Mary Higgins Clark award-winning novel, ...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: Mar 13, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Maxine Kumin: Past American Voice
From: New Letters on the Air
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We begin the celebration of Women's History Month with a tribute to Maxine Kumin, who died on February 6, 2014 at the age of 88. A former Consultan...

Bought by KRZA, KVSC, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, and KQED


  • Added: Mar 07, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Kansas Native Robert Day
From: New Letters on the Air
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Regularly published in NEW LETTERS magazine, as well as in other journals and newspapers nationwide, Robert Day discusses his two most recent works...

Bought by WJCU


  • Added: Feb 27, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Renowned poet, playwright, and activist Sonia Sanchez
From: New Letters on the Air
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One of the most important writers of the Black Arts Movement, Sonia Sanchez recently completed her term as Philadelphia's first Poet Laureate. This...

Bought by KBIA, WVAS, and WJCU


  • Added: Feb 14, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3

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