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Toni Morrison - 1993 Nobel Lecture
by Toni Morrison
Available on: Online Audio
"She is worried about how the language she dreams in, given to her at birth, is handled, put into service..."
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C. S. Lewis and the Problem of Pain
by Corbin Carnell
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio
Veritas Forums are university events that engage students and faculty in discussions about life's hardest questions and the relevance of Jesus Christ to all of life.
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The Shepherds' Prayer
by Richard Barry
Available on: Audio Download
Abridged novel mp3 is 28 MG. How the Lord reinvigorates the lives of those who follow Him. Inspirational. A young man orphaned as a baby sets off to discover the truth about the circumstances...
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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
by Cory Doctorow
Available on: Audio Download
Jules is a young man barely a century old. He's lived long enough to see the cure for death and the end of scarcity, to learn ten languages and compose three symphonies...and to realize his boyhood dream of taking up residence in Disney World.
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Frank McCourt: Teacher Man
by Frank McCourt
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio | Online Video
Frank McCourt discusses his long-awaited book about how his 30-year teaching career shaped his second act as a writer.
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Allen Ginsberg Poetry Readings
by Allen Ginsberg
Available on: Audio Download
Irwin Allen Ginsberg (June 3, 1926 – April 5, 1997) was an American Beat poet born in Newark, New Jersey. Ginsberg is best known for Howl (1956), a long poem about consumer society's negative human values.
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In Depth: Tom Wolfe
by Tom Wolfe
Available on: Online Video
On Sunday, December 5th, author Tom Wolfe was our guest on In Depth.
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Neal Stephenson: Science Fiction as a Literary Genre
by Neal Stephenson
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Neal Stephenson delivered a talk entitled The Fork: Science Fiction versus Mundane Culture at Gresham College.
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Anthem
by Ayn Rand
Available on: Audio Download
Anthem is a dystopic science fiction story taking place at some unspecified future date.
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Isabel Allende: Tales of Passion
by Isabel Allende
Available on: Audio Download | Video Download | Online Video
Author and activist Isabel Allende discusses women, creativity, the definition of feminism -- and, of course, passion -- in this talk.
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Wired for Books MP3 Page
by Don Swaim
Available on: Audio Download
Listen to the voices of many of the best writers of the English language. These uncut, behind-the-scenes interviews were the foundation of Don Swaim's long-running CBS Radio show, Book Beat.
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Harold Pinter - 2005 Nobel Lecture
by Harold Pinter
Available on: Online Video
'When we look into a mirror we think the image that confronts us is accurate. But move a millimetre and the image changes."
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Bass Reeves, American Hero
by Barry Brierley
Available on: Audio Download
A Novel based upon the exploits of Bass Reeves, a former slave who became the first black U.S.Marshall west of the Mississippi. An important but little known bit of Black History.
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An Evening with Ray Bradbury
by Ray Bradbury
Available on: Online Video
Science fiction author Ray Bradbury regales his audience with stories about his life and love of writing in "Telling the Truth,"...
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Khaled Hosseini: A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Susanne Pari
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
A Thousand Splendid Suns with Khaled Hosseini.
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William Golding - 1983 Nobel Lecture
by William Golding
Available on: Online Audio
"Put simply the novel stands between us and the hardening concept of statistical man."
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Toni Morrison: Lannan Readings & Conversations
by Toni Morrison
Available on: Online Audio
Toni Morrison has published seven novels.
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In Depth: Susan Sontag
by Susan Sontag
Available on: Online Video
In March our In Depth guest will be Susan Sontag.
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Isaac Bashevis Singer - 1978 Nobel Lecture
by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Available on: Online Audio
"I am not ashamed to admit that I belong to those who fantasize that literature is capable of bringing new horizons..."
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Margaret Atwood: Lannan Readings & Conversations
by Margaret Atwood
Available on: Online Audio
Margaret Atwood is an international literary star and one of Canada's most celebrated authors.
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The Craft of Science Fiction
by Joe Haldeman
Available on: Audio Download | Video Download | Online Video
Joe Haldeman provides a sneak preview of an upcoming novel whose story plays out in MIT’s past, present and distant future.
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Joyce Carol Oates: The Gravedigger's Daughter
by Joyce Carol Oates
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Joyce Carol Oates talks about The Gravedigger's Daughter.
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Frank McCourt: Angela and the Baby Jesus
by Sandip Roy
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Frank McCourt discusses Angela and the Baby Jesus.
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Saul Bellow - 1976 Nobel Lecture
by Saul Bellow
Available on: Online Audio
"The value of literature lies in these intermittent "true impressions".
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The Infinite Mind Interview with Kurt Vonnegut Live from Second Life
by Kurt Vonnegut
Available on: Online Video
Author Kurt Vonnegut's last sit-down interview with The Infinite Mind's John Hockenberry, recorded live in the virtual on-line community Second Life.
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