New Letters on the Air

When She Named Fire

ontheair@newletters.org (New Letters magazine) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:58:27 -0600

We kick off Women's History month with readings from the new anthology of contemporary poetry by American women, When She Named Fire. Edited by poet Andrea Hollander Budy, the anthology features 461...

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Lucille Clifton

ontheair@newletters.org (New Letters magazine) — Thu, 4 Mar 2010 13:33:36 -0600

New Letters on the Air pays tribute to National Book Award-winning poet Lucille Clifton, who passed away on February 13, 2010. The author of numerous books of poetry, children's prose and verse...

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Phyllis Becker

ontheair@newletters.org (New Letters magazine) — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 12:38:40 -0600

A great promoter of poetry in Kansas City, Phyllis Becker serves on the board of The Writers Place and is coordinator of the Riverfront Reading Series. Her own publications include the 2008 book, ...

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Natasha Trethewey

ontheair@newletters.org (New Letters magazine) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:11:55 -0600

For Black History Month, we'll hear from Natasha Trethewey, winner of the 2007 Pulitzer Prize, who talks about growing up as a bi-racial child in the South, and the importance of history in the...

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Cave Canem Anthology

ontheair@newletters.org (New Letters magazine) — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:23:52 -0600

For Black History Month, NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR features the work of younger poets whose first books were published as a result of winning the Cave Canem Poetry Prize, including Natasha Tretheway,...

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Steve Lopez

ontheair@newletters.org (New Letters magazine) — Wed, 3 Feb 2010 16:05:36 -0600

http://www.newletters.org/radio. L.A. Times columnist Steve Lopez became immortalized on the silver screen when Robert Downey, Jr., portrayed him in the 2009 movie THE SOLOIST, based upon Lopez'...

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Aimee Nezhukumatathil

ontheair@newletters.org (New Letters magazine) — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:47:27 -0600

http://www.newletters.org/radio. Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil is a first-generation American, whose parents are from India and the Philippines. She pays tribute to them with quirky, yet highly visual...

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Michelle Boisseau

ontheair@newletters.org (New Letters magazine) — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:08:07 -0600

http://www.newletters.org/radio. Poet Michelle Boisseau talks about her collection A SUNDAY IN GOD YEARS, which examines borders between black and white, free and slave, living and dead, and wrestles...

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Joseph O'Neill

ontheair@newletters.org (New Letters magazine) — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 13:36:13 -0600

http://www.newletters.org/radio. Irish-born author Joseph O'Neill discusses his latest novel, Netherland, which has been favorably compared to The Great Gatsby, winning the 2009 PEN/Faulkner Award....

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