On The Air's Catalog

Name	20th Anniversary of NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR
Description	Judy Ray and Robert Stewart, the co-founders of NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR, discuss two decades of the show.
Program Number
Genre	Theme
Year	1997
Interviewer

Name	25th Anniversary of NEW LETTERS magazine
Description	Former NEW LETTERS editors David Ray and James McKinley discuss the importance of small literary journals and their relationship to new and emerging writers.
Program Number
Genre	Theme
Year	1996
Interviewer	James McKinley

Name	Adams, Alice
Description	The best-selling author of SUPERIOR WOMEN, Adams reads the title story from her collection AFTER YOU'VE GONE and talks about the plight of contemporary women.
Program Number	100590
Genre	Fiction
Year	1990
Interviewer	Rebekah Presson

Name	Addonizio, Kim
Description	Kim Addonizio�s poetry and prose is known for confessional and humorous work with a touch of the blues. She talks about her poetry and reads from her fourth collection WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED LOVE, while accompanying herself on the harmonica.
Program Number	110207
Genre	Poetry
Year	2007
Interviewer	Robert Stewart

Name	Ai
Description	Ai is best known for her persona poems. She reads two from her book SIN and from a long poem-in-progress. She also discusses writing and her mixed ethnicity.
Program Number	020588
Genre	Poetry
Year	1987
Interviewer	Rebekah Presson

Name	Alcosser, Sandra
Description	Sandra Alcosser reads from A FISH TO FEED ALL HUNGER. In the collection, nature follows the inevitable, yet beautiful course toward rot and decay, taking on the colorful images of rust, lichen, brilliant fungi, peacock moths, and faded photos.
Program Number	101185
Genre	Poetry
Year	1985
Interviewer

Name	Alegria, Claribel
Description	The Nicaraguan-based poet and writer talks about her autobiographical novel LUISA IN REALITY LAND. The program was recorded by Tim Richards in the author's home in Managua.
Program Number	040591
Genre	Poetry Nonfiction
Year	1991
Interviewer	Tim Richards

Name	Alegria, Claribel
Description	Alegria, one of Central America's most widely read poets, reads from her collection FUGUES. She talks about her late husband, translator, and co-writer, Darwin Flakoll and about the political involvement that forced them into exile.
Program Number	030496
Genre	Poetry Nonfiction
Year	1995
Interviewer	Rebekah Presson

Name	Alexander, Elizabeth
Description	Poet Elizabeth Alexander captures African-American voices and traditions from slavery to the present in her book, AMERICAN SUBLIME, nominated for a 2006 Pulitzer Prize. She reads from this and ANTEBELLUM DREAM BOOK.
Program Number	101106
Genre	Poetry
Year	2006
Interviewer	Angela Elam

Name	Alexie, Sherman
Description	Alexie, "the first stand-up poet," is the author of several collections of poetry and fiction including SMOKE SIGNALS, which was made into a motion picture. He reads several selections and talks about projects he is working on.
Program Number	052103
Genre	Poetry Fiction Drama
Year	2002
Interviewer	Angela Elam

Name	American Greats: A Celebration of American Writers
Description	This program features archive recordings of some of the country's major award winners, including Gwendolyn Brooks, Grace Paley, William Stafford, Rita Dove, Joyce Carol Oates, William Kennedy, Richard Ford, and Barry Lopez.
Program Number	062998
Genre	Theme
Year	1998
Interviewer

Name	American Poetry Medley
Description	This audio collage contains some of America's favorite poets reading their works including past U.S. Poet Laureates Robert Pinsky, Robert Hass, and Rita Dove. Also featured are Pulitzer Prize winners Stanley Kunitz and Carolyn Kizer.
Program Number	041900
Genre	Theme
Year	2000
Interviewer	Angela Elam

Name	Amerika, Mark
Description	The Colorado author reads from his experimental novel THE KAFKA CHRONICLES and talks about his connections to "Generation X" and writing that samples pop music and computer technology.
Program Number	050294
Genre	Fiction
Year	1994
Interviewer	Angela Elam

Name	Amichai, Yehuda
Description	Amichai is considered by many to be one of the world's greatest living poets. His works have been translated into 33 languages, including Chinese and Japanese. He shares several of his favorite poems in this reading at the Midwest Poets Series.
Program Number	090899
Genre	Poetry Fiction Nonfiction Drama
Year	1997
Interviewer	Robert Stewart

Name	Amis, Martin
Description	Amis reads from his 1995 novel, THE INFORMATION, which brought him notoriety in the press. In the interview, he talks about how his own life eerily began to parallel the book.
Program Number	052796
Genre	Fiction
Year	1996
Interviewer	Angela Elam

Name	Ammons, A.R.
Description	Ammons, recipient of many poetry prizes, reads from LAKE EFFECT COUNTRY and A COAST OF TREES.
Program Number	022484
Genre	Poetry
Year	1984
Interviewer

Name	Anaya, Rudolfo
Description	Anaya's first novel, BLESS ME ULTIMA, has been an international bestseller since it was published in 1972. Anaya is considered one of the most important Latino writers. He talks about growing up in New Mexico and about his novel ALBUQUERQUE.
Program Number	091994
Genre	Fiction
Year	1994
Interviewer	Rebekah Presson

Name	Anderson-Dargatz, Gail
Description	This Canadian writer has been twice nominated for the prestigious Giller Prize. The first nomination was for her novel THE CURE FOR DEATH BY LIGHTNING and again for A RECIPE FOR BEES, which she talks about in this interview.
Program Number	112801
Genre	Fiction
Year	2001
Interviewer	Angela Elam

Name	Aplon, Roger
Description	The San Francisco poet reads from STILETTO and FROM DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT AT 120 MILES PER HOUR.
Program Number	020384
Genre	Poetry
Year	1983
Interviewer

Name	Arias, Arturo
Description	A prominent Central American writer, Arias helped write the screenplay for the movie EL NORTE, about Guatemalan immigration to the U.S. Here he reads from his novel AFTER THE BOMBS.
Program Number	011891
Genre	Fiction
Year	1990
Interviewer	Tim Richards

Name	Ashbery, John
Description	Ashbery, one of America's most acclaimed poets, reads from his SELECTED POEMS in a public presentation recorded at the Kansas City Art Institute.
Program Number	092686
Genre	Poetry
Year	1986
Interviewer	Rebekah Presson

Name	Auel, Jean
Description	The author of a popular trilogy of novels set in pre-history, THE CLAN OF THE CAVE BEAR, VALLEY OF THE HORSES, and THE MAMMOTH HUNTERS, talks about events that changed her from an unemployed Portland housewife to a best-selling author.
Program Number	012387
Genre	Fiction
Year	1986
Interviewer	Rebekah Presson

Name	Auster, Paul
Description	Auster is a best-selling writer in Europe with a solid reputation in the United States. He first gained acclaim with "metaphysical detective stories" and then with playful postmodernist autobiographical novels. Here, Auster reads from MR. VERTIGO.
Program Number	092694
Genre	Fiction
Year	1994
Interviewer	Rebekah Presson

Name	Averill, Thomas Fox
Description	Fiction writer Averill talks about his novel SECRETS OF THE TSIL CAF�, which explores our relationship to food and the influence the west has had on the world's culinary culture. He also discusses the differences in crafting short and long fiction.
Program Number	012302
Genre	Fiction
Year	2001
Interviewer	Angela Elam

Name	Baber, Asa
Description	Baber reads an account of a visit to El Salvador and an excerpt from a story titled "Dufo's Blues."
Program Number	070486
Genre	Fiction
Year	1986
Interviewer	Rebekah Presson

Name	Baca, Jimmy Santiago
Description	A Mexican-American, Baca taught himself to read and write while in prison for drug possession. He has published numerous books of poetry and WORKING IN THE DARK, a book of essays. Here he reads from his work.
Program Number	041291
Genre	Poetry Nonfiction
Year	1991
Interviewer	Robert Stewart

Name	Bakeer, Donald
Description	This high school teacher in South Central Los Angeles wrote a novel, CRIPS, so that his students would have something relevant to read. It was made into the film SOUTH CENTRAL by Oliver Stone. Bakeer talks about his experience and reads from a new novel.
Program Number	061995
Genre	Fiction
Year	1995
Interviewer	Rebekah Presson

Name	Baker, David
Description	Baker's collection of poems SWEET HOME SATURDAY NIGHT incorporates his perceptions of rock 'n' roll, as well as baseball, car races, and, of course, love. Baker reads from this third collection and talks about his goals as a writer.
Program Number	021492
Genre	Poetry
Year	1992
Interviewer	Robert Stewart

Name	Baker, Will
Description	Poet and nonfiction writer Will Baker reads poems, some relating to farm life in California.
Program Number	072685
Genre	Poetry Nonfiction
Year	1985
Interviewer

Name	Baker, David
Description	Poetry editor for The Kenyon Review, David Baker talks about the forms of poetry, how a written poem written differs from an oral poem, and the dueling influences of Puritanism and Romanticism in Baker�s poetry.
Program Number	120104
Genre	Poetry
Year	2003
Interviewer	Angela Elam

Name	Bakken, Dick
Description	Bakken is primarily known as a performance poet and a tireless organizer of poetry festivals. In the 1960s Bakken gave up a tenured job as an English professor and began touring the country chanting and reciting his work. Here he reads from his poems.
Program Number	101990
Genre	Poetry
Year	1990
Interviewer	Rebekah Presson

Name	Balaban, John
Description	In this program, Balaban reads from WALKING DOWN INTO CEBOLLA CANYON and BLUE MOUNTAIN, poems that draw from Balaban's backpacking experiences along the highways of America.
Program Number	050683
Genre	Poetry
Year	1983
Interviewer

Name	Balaban, John
Description	Balaban tells stories of Vietnam and reveals the inspiration behind several of his poems, which he shares with the audience in this live reading.
Program Number	052202
Genre	Poetry
Year	2002
Interviewer

Name	Balaban, John
Description	Balaban reads from SPRING ESSENCE, his translations of the 18th century Vietnamese concubine Ho Xuan Huong. He also discusses his work with the N�m Foundation, which is trying to preserve an ancient Vietnamese language in danger of extinction.
Program Number	041404
Genre	Poetry
Year	2003
Interviewer

Name	Bang, Mary Jo
Description	Mary Jo Bang, winner of the 2007 National Book Critics Circle Award for her poetry collection ELEGY, talks about the grief following her son�s death that inspired the book. She also discusses her unusual path to poetry.
Program Number	042508
Genre	Poetry
Year	2008
Interviewer	Angela Elam

Name	Banks, Stanley
Description	Kansas City poet Stanley E. Banks reads from his collected poems, BLUE BEAT SYNCOPATION, and talks about overcoming the hardships and the of growing up in the inner-city and the support he received from his grandmother.
Program Number	072707
Genre	Poetry
Year	2007
Interviewer	Angela Elam

Name	Banks, Russell
Description	Banks, author of CONTINENTAL DRIFT and many other books, reads "The Gully" from his book SUCCESS STORIES. "The Gully" is a political fable of vigilantes in a third-world ghetto.
Program Number	112886
Genre	Fiction
Year	1986
Interviewer	Trish Reeves

Name	Banks, Russell
Description	Banks discusses and reads from his first historical novel, CLOUDSPLITTER. The novel is an account of one of the United States' most prominent and notorious figures�abolitionist John Brown.
Program Number	092299
Genre	Fiction
Year	1999
Interviewer	James McKinley

Name	Baraka, Amiri
Description	Baraka (formerly LeRoi Jones) is a poet, playwright, and essayist whose 1960s play, DUTCHMAN, became a standard for students of revolutionary theatre. Baraka reads poems from THE MUSIC: REFLECTIONS ON JAZZ AND BLUES.
Program Number	021288
Genre	Poetry Nonfiction
Year	1988
Interviewer	Rebekah Presson

Name	Baraka, Amiri
Description	In this program, Baraka talks about his life and the influences on his work. He also reads from his poetry with a distinctive jazz flair.
Program Number	020397
Genre	Poetry Drama Nonfiction
Year	1996
Interviewer	Robert Stewart

Name	Barich, Bill
Description	Barich, an oft-published essayist, reads from BIG DREAMS: INTO THE HEART OF CALIFORNIA, which looks at the state and its history by region, starting with the north and moving south to earthquake-ridden Los Angeles.
Program Number	051694
Genre	Nonfiction
Year	1994
Interviewer	Robert Stewart

Name	Barks, Coleman
Description	Barks is well known for his translations of the 13th-century mystic Jalaluddin Rumi. Here Barks talks about the translations and how they have affected his own poetry. He also reads and sings from his collection GOURD SEED.
Program Number	120296
Genre	Poetry
Year	1995
Interviewer	Angela Elam

Name	Barnes, Jim
Description	Barnes reads poems from THE AMERICAN BOOK OF THE DEAD, FISH ON POTEAU MOUNTAIN, and from an anthology, CARRIERS OF THE DREAM WHEEL. The works deal with Midwestern and Native American themes.
Program Number	121077
Genre	Poetry
Year	1977
Interviewer	Robert Stewart

Name	Barnes, Jim
Description	Jim Barnes and Ann Struthers read from their poetry. Poet and fiction writer Ann Struthers reads poems about farm life and small towns in Iowa.
Program Number	041489
Genre	Poetry
Year	1984
Interviewer	Judy Ray

Name	Barnstone, Willis
Description	Twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in poetry, Barnstone is the author of dozens of books and a prominent translator of poems. Here he reads sonnets and talks about living in China.
Program Number	041489
Genre	Poetry
Year	1989
Interviewer	Rebekah Presson

Name	Barrax, Gerard
Description	Barrax worked in a steel mill, drove a cab, and carried mail before becoming a poet, a professor, and editor of a black literary magazine. In this program, he reads from THE DEATH OF ANIMALS AND LE