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ROBERT STEWART
New Letters magazine
is the winner of the
National Magazine Award in the category of
the essay, up against essays from The New Yorker,
Harper’s, The Atlantic, Elle, and Entertainment
Weekly, so we’re returning to a conversation with New
Letters magazine editor, Robert Stewart, to find out how
he measures good writing, a topic which he covers in his
book of essays, Outside Language.
Listen here
until May 21, 2008
Real Audio
Windows Media
ALEXANDER MCCALL SMITH
Born and raised in Rhodesia (now
Zimbabwe) by his British parents,
Alexander McCall Smith now lives in
Scotland, but returns to Africa in his worldwide bestselling
fiction series about “The Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency.”
He discusses the appeal of his main female characters, and
reads from the series’ seventh and eighth books,
Blue Shoes and Happiness and
The
Good Husband of Zebra Drive. He talks about his writing process and one of
his other series, “The Sunday Philosophy Club,” set in
Edinburgh.
Listen here
until May 28, 2008
Real Audio
Windows Media
COMING SOON:
WALTER BARGEN
In 2008,
Missouri’s governor appointed
Walter Bargen as the state’s
first poet laureate. In this interview before an audience at
the Kansas City Public Library, Bargen talks about the
development of his poetry in his dozen books, from the early
surreal imagery to the more narrative style of his
award-winning collection, The Feast: Prose Poem
Sequences. He also reads from his most recent books,
Remedies for Vertigo and West of West.
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to the literary quarterly magazine New Letters. Past guests include U.S. Poet Laureates Ted Kooser, Rita Dove, Billy Collins; Pulitzer Prize winning
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Kushner and novelists Jim Harrison, Jane Smiley, Richard
Russo. The program, which also features emerging
writers of poetry, fiction, drama and creative
non-fiction, is produced by the University of
Missouri-Kansas City and distributed via Public Radio’s
Content Depot.
Angela Elam,
Host of New Letters on the Air
THE STORY OF NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR
New Letterson the Air celebrates its 30th
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began New Letterson the Air in 1977 as the radio companion to the
distinguished literary quarterly New Letters.
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from 1982 until 1995. Now, producer/host Angela
Elam continues the tradition with New Letters
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Brooks—have now passed from the literary scene. Many
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now lives in
Scotland, but returns to Africa in his worldwide bestselling
fiction series about “The Ladies No. 1 Detective Agency.”
He discusses the appeal of his main female characters, and
reads from the series’ seventh and eighth books, 
