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Wired for Books MP3 Page
by Don Swaim
Available on: Digital 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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Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom
by Cory Doctorow
Available on: Digital 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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J.R.R. Tolkien
by Jeff Overstreet
Available on: Digital Download | Video Download
J.R.R. Tolkien’s literary works are often the subject of speakers that come to the SPU campus.
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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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Allen Ginsberg Poetry Readings
by Allen Ginsberg
Available on: Digital 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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The Shepherds' Prayer
by Richard Barry
Available on: Digital 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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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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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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An Evening with Ray Bradbury
by Ray Bradbury
Available on: Online Video | Video Download
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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C. S. Lewis and the Problem of Pain
by Corbin Carnell
Available on: Digital 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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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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Entitled Opinions from Stanford University
by Robert Harrison
Available on: Digital Download
Entitled Opinions (about Life and Literature) - hosted by Professor Robert Harrison - is a weekly literary talk show that ranges broadly on issues related to literature, ideas, and lived experience.
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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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C.S. Lewis
by Tom Key
Available on: Digital Download | Video Download
Seattle Pacific University has hosted a number of events celebrating and exploring the writing and ideas of the cherished Christian author C.S. Lewis, some in partnership with the C.S. Lewis Institute.
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The Craft of Science Fiction
by Joe Haldeman
Available on: Digital Download | Online Video | Video Download
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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Anthem
by Ayn Rand
Available on: Digital Download
Anthem is a dystopic science fiction story taking place at some unspecified future date.
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Allen Ginsberg Class, Literary History of the Beat generation, The 50's
by Allen Ginsberg
Available on: Digital Download | Online Audio
Allen Ginsberg class on Beat literary history of the 1950's, discussing William S. Burroughs's book Junky and his first meeting with Herman Hunke.
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Frank McCourt: Teacher Man
by Frank McCourt
Available on: Digital 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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Meet the Author
Available on: Digital Download | Video Download
Our "Meet the Author" series from WETA Learning Media introduces you to top children's book authors and illustrators.
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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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Londonstan
by Sherwin T. Wine
Available on: Digital Download
When London was hit by suicide bombers in July 2005, it became clear that Britain had become a major center of Muslim extremism. London and the rest of Europe were being transformed by Muslim immigra
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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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Author, Author! Video Interviews with Today's Best Authors
Available on: Video Download
Author Author! is a project of weta.org, the website for public television and radio station WETA in Washington, D.C.
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Oryx and Crake Revealed
by Margaret Atwood
Available on: Online Video
After 30 years of fiction writing, Atwood is expert at engineering an extreme spin on ordinary life, and pushing the everyday world to its limits. Her talk includes two readings from her latest novel, Oryx and Crake…
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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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