All Pieces for New Letters on the Air

 
Husband & Wife Writers Geoffrey Brock & Padma Viswanathan
From: New Letters on the Air
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Novelist Padma Viswanathan, a 2017 recipient of the Porter Fund Literary Prize, and poet Geoffrey Brock, discuss how they balance their writing car...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
The late Puerto Rican Poet & Fiction Writer Judith Ortiz Cofer
From: New Letters on the Air
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National Hispanic Heritage Month continues with a look at Puerto Rico’s culture and stories through the eyes of the late Judith Ortiz Cofer. In the...

Bought by New England Public Media


  • Added: Oct 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Poet John Balaban
From: New Letters on the Air
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Inspired by the documentary THE VIETNAM WAR, we return to an archive interview with the poet John Balaban, who served as a conscientious objector i...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Oct 04, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Past American Voice of Judith Ortiz Cofer
From: New Letters on the Air
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We begin National Hispanic Heritage month with the Past American Voice of Judith Ortiz Cofer, who influenced and mentored Latina writers around the...

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  • Added: Sep 20, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
John Ashbery: Past American Voice
From: New Letters on the Air
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NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR pays tribute to the Past American Voice of John Ashbery. The poet, critic, and translator, who died on September 3rd at age ...

  • Added: Sep 13, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
U.S. Poet Laureate (2012-14) and Mississippi Poet Laureate (2012-16) Natasha Trethewey
From: New Letters on the Air
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Guest editor of BEST AMERICAN POETRY 2017, Natasha Trethewey talks about her her first creative non-fiction book, BEYOND KATRINA: A MEDITATION ON T...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and WNJR


  • Added: Sep 08, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Poets Olivia Stiffler and the late James Tolan
From: New Letters on the Air
Caption: James Tolan
Olivia Stiffler and the late James Tolan, whose new books were released in summer 2017 after his death in March, discuss their unique mentorship ...

  • Added: Aug 30, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
"The Glass Castle" author Jeannette Walls
From: New Letters on the Air
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Former celebrity journalist Jeannette Walls discusses her hardscrabble childhood which she depicted in her memoir THE GLASS CASTLE, now an August 2...

Bought by WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., WMUU-LP, and WFIU


  • Added: Aug 18, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Past American Voice of Novelist Kent Haruf
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We look back on the life of novelist Kent Haruf (1943-2014). September 2017 marks the inaugural Kent Haruf Literary Celebration in Salida for this ...

Bought by WMUU-LP


  • Added: Aug 10, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
More with Georgia Poet and Novelist Judson Mitcham
From: New Letters on the Air
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Georgia State Poet Laureate Judson Mitcham, whose work will appear in THE BEST AMERICAN POETRTY 2017, is also a gifted fiction writer. In this sho...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Jul 26, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Award-Winning Fiction Writer Antonya Nelson
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Antonya Nelson is the author of eleven books of fiction. She talks about her most recent books: the novel BOUND which covers growing up in Wichita,...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Jul 19, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Poet Rodney Jones
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A National Book Critics Circle Award winner, Rodney Jones reads from and talks about the shaping of his book of selected poetry, SALVATION BLUES: O...

Bought by WNJR and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Jul 12, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Former Missouri Poet Laureate William Trowbridge
From: New Letters on the Air
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While At Rockhurst University'S 2014 Midwest Poets Series, Former Missouri Poet Laureate William Trowbridge reads poems from his numerous books tha...

Bought by XRAY.fm


  • Added: May 31, 2017
  • Length: 30:30
  • Purchases: 1
Essayist and poet Dave Smith on memory, creative writing and hunting dogs...
From: New Letters on the Air
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In the other half of this conversation with Dave Smith, the author of more than 20 books of poetry, essays, memoir and fiction, he talks about the ...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: May 24, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Poet and Visual Artist Bianca Stone
From: New Letters on the Air
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Poet and visual artist Bianca Stone talks about her various projects, from her first full length book SOMEONE ELSE'S WEDDING VOWS to her 2016 illus...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: May 18, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
First Poet Laureate of Belfast Sinéad Morrissey: Part 2
From: New Letters on the Air
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When Sinead Morrissey won the 2013 T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize for her fifth book, PARALLAX, her work was then published in the U.S. pulling from all f...

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2017
  • Length: 30:00
  • Purchases: 1
First Poet Laureate of Belfast Sinéad Morrissey: Part 1
From: New Letters on the Air
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When Sinead Morrissey won the 2013 T.S. Eliot Poetry Prize for her fifth book, PARALLAX, her work was then published in the U.S. pulling from all f...

Bought by WNJR


  • Added: Mar 24, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
Kansas City Jazz Poet Phyllis Becker
From: New Letters on the Air
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We continue Black History Month with Phyllis Becker. Coordinator of the Riverfront Reading Series in Kansas City, her own publications include the ...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WVAS, WNJR, and WMUU-LP


  • Added: Feb 16, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4
Jazz Poet and Guest Co-Editor of New Letters Magazine Dan Jaffe
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Poet Dan Jaffe is the guest co-editor of the most recent issue of NEW LETTERS magazine that focuses on jazz. Jaffe, who has always combined his poe...

Bought by KFCF FM and WNJR


  • Added: Feb 03, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
Irish Poet Anne-Marie Fyfe
From: New Letters on the Air
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Irish poet Anne Marie Fyfe explores parallels in her poetry with work of the renowned William Butler Yeats for the "Mapping Yeats Symposium" at the...

Bought by WMUU-LP and WNJR


  • Added: Jan 26, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2

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