NEA's The Big Read
By The National Endowment for the Arts
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Podcast Description
The National Endowment for the Arts will release a new radio show about a Big Read book and author regularly, so stay tuned for more great programs about all of the titles in our library! The NEA presents The Big Read in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and in cooperation with Arts Midwest.
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Love Medicine | Louise Erdrich's Love Medicine audio guide is narrated by Josephine Reed and features Irene Bedard, Kimberly Blaeser, Louise Erdrich, Tony Fitzpatrick, Amy Tan, Anton Treuer, and Laura Waterman Wittstock. | 3/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Shawl | The Shawl radio show features Peter Black, Dana Gioia, Anne Fadiman, Marion Ross, Diane Thiel, Elie Wiesel, Ruth Wisse, and author Cynthia Ozick. | 9/1/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Things They Carried | The Things They Carried radio show features Andrew Carroll, Lan Samantha Chang, Richard Currey, Max Paul Friedman, David Kipen, Alice McDermott, E. Ethelbert Miller, Craig Mullaney, Tim O'Brien and Bradley Whitford. | 5/28/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Poetry of Emily Dickinson | The Poetry of Emily Dickinson radio show features a program written and narrated by John Barr with poetry readings by Mary Jo Salter. All poems cited are from The Poems of Emily Dickinson: Reading Edition, edited by R. W. Franklin (Cambridge, MA: The Belknap Press of Harvard University, 1998, 1999 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College.) Copyright 1951, 1955, 1979, 1983 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. | 5/14/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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In the Time of the Butterflies | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Julia Alvarez's In the Time of the Butterflies. This episode features Neko Case, Edwidge Danticat, Junot Diaz, Max Paul Friedman, Ana Menendez, and Ilan Stavans, with readings by Adriana Sananes. | 4/30/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Leo Tolstoy's The Death of Ivan Ilyich. This episode features Martin Amis, Susan Bal�e, James H. Billington, Dana Gioia, Olga Grushin, Alfred Molina, N. Scott Momaday, Dr. Sherwin B. Nuland, Cynthia Ozick and Jay Parini. | 2/12/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Rudolfo Anaya's Bless Me, Ultima. This episode features the author himself along with Charles Carrillo, Dana Gioia, Tony Hillerman, Margarite Fern�ndez Olmos, Ishmael Reed, Diane Thiel, Maclovia B. Sanchez de Zamora, and readings from the novel by actor Cheech Marin. | 1/22/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sun, Stone, and Shadows - Part Two | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about the short story "Chac-Mool" by Carlos Fuentes, read by the author and narrated by Dana Gioia. This is part two of a two-part podcast featuring stories from Sun, Stone, and Shadows: 20 Great Mexican Short Stories, a volume published especially for The Big Read. | 12/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Sun, Stone, and Shadows - Part One | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about the short story "My Life with the Wave" by Octavio Paz, read by Tony Plana and narrated by Dana Gioia. This is part one of a two-part podcast featuring stories from Sun, Stone, and Shadows: 20 Great Mexican Short Stories, a volume published especially for The Big Read. | 12/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about the poetry of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. This episode features Dana Gioia, Martin Goldsmith, Bill O'Brien, Deirdre Levinson and Josephine Reed. | 11/13/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about The Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe. This episode focuses on The Fall of the House of Usher and features Louis Bayard, Eavan Boland, Sam Elliott, Dana Gioia, Daniel Handler, Daniel Hoffman, Charles Keating, Laura Lippman, Camille Paglia, Stanley Plumly, Marian Seldes, Richard Wilbur and Arthur Yorinks. | 10/30/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Washington Square by Henry James | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Washington Square by Henry James. This episode features Dana Gioia, Olivia de Havilland, Colin Meloy, Cynthia Ozick, Anne-Imelda M. Radice, Colm Toibin, Gore Vidal, and readings from the novel by Annette Bening. | 10/16/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Thornton Wilder's The Bridge of San Luis Rey, featuring Russell Banks, Maureen Fiedler, Q'orianka Kilcher, J. D. McClatchy, Penelope Niven, Josephine Reed, Marian Seldes, Sam Waterston, Tappan Wilder, and historical footage of Thornton Wilder himself reading from the novel. | 10/2/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Poetry of Robinson Jeffers | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about the poetry of Robinson Jeffers, featuring Dana Gioia and radio host and producer Robert Aubry Davis reading select poems. | 9/18/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Thief and the Dogs by Naguib Mahfouz | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Naguib Mahfouz's The Thief and the Dogs featuring Trevor Le Gassick, Gamal al-Ghitani, Dana Gioia, Nadine Gordimer, Tara McKelvey, Adrian McKinty, Mohamed Salmawy and Raymond Stock. | 9/4/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby featuring Matthew J. Bruccoli, Maureen Corrigan, Dana Gioia, Andrew Sean Greer, Gish Jen, Robert Redford and Sam Waterston. | 8/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Old School by Tobias Wolff | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Tobias Wolff's Old School featuring T.C. Boyle, David Dougherty, Dana Gioia, Jackson Hille, Jonathan Lethem, Lorrie Moore, Zach Rogue, Curtis Sittenfeld, and Tobias Wolff. | 8/7/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Ursula K. Le Guin's A Wizard of Earthsea, featuring Orson Scott Card, Michael Chabon, Michael Dirda, Pico Iyer, Ursula K. Le Guin, Kelly Link, Walter Mosley, KenYatta Rogers and R.L. Stine. | 7/24/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Ernest Hemingway's A Farewell to Arms, featuring Susan F. Beegel, Matthew J. Bruccoli, Andrew Carroll, David Ives, Stephen Lang, Bobbie Ann Mason, Alice McDermott, Ken Panda and Tobias Wolff. | 7/10/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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A Lesson Before Dying by Ernest Gaines | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Ernest Gaines's A Lesson Before Dying, featuring Burl Cain, Ruby Dee, Ernest Gaines, Ash Green, Romulus Linney, Sister Helen Prejean, Ken Yatta Rogers and Cicely Tyson. | 6/26/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Edith Wharton's The Age of Innocence, featuring Louis Auchincloss, Jay Cocks, Stephanie Copeland, David Ives, Alfred Molina, P. J. O'Rourke, Elizabeth Spencer, and Amy Tan. | 6/12/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon, featuring Matthew J. Bruccoli, Maureen Corrigan, Joe Gores, Diane Johnson, David Kipen, Adrian McKinty, Walter Mosley, Julie Rivett and Scott Simon. | 5/29/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Carson McCullers's The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter. This episode is narrated by Dana Gioia and features Blake Hazard, E. Ethelbert Miller, P.J. O'Rourke, Mary-Louise Parker, Gore Vidal, and Jim White. | 5/15/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Mark Twain's The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. This episode is narrated by Dana Gioia and features Ken Burns, Anne Fadiman, Shelley Fisher Fishkin, David Ives, P.J. O'Rourke, Ron Powers, Richard Rodriguez, and readings by Sam Elliott. | 5/1/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Call of the Wild by Jack London | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Jack London's The Call of the Wild. This episode is narrated by narrated by Dana Gioia and features Susan Balee, Yvon Chouinard, Sara S. Hodson, Cheri Lucas, Robert Redford, Richard Rodriguez and Kevin Starr. | 4/17/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Zora Neale Hurston's Their Eyes Were Watching God. This episode is narrated by David Kipen and features Ruby Dee, Robert Hemenway, Carla Kaplan, Bret Lott, Azar Nafisi, Jerry Pinkney and Alice Walker. | 4/3/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird. This episode is narrated by Dana Gioia and features David Baker, Robert Duvall, Horton Foote, Charles J. Shields, Curtis Sittenfeld, Elizabeth Spencer, Anne Twomey, and Sandra Day O'Connor. | 3/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Amy Tan's The Joy Luck Club. This episode is narrated by Dana Gioia and features Molly Giles, James McBride, Carolyn See, Charles J. Shields, Amy Tan, John Kuo Wei Tchen, Lijun Wang and Ming-Na. | 3/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about John Steinbeck's timeless classic, The Grapes of Wrath. This episode is narrated by Dana Gioia and features Ed Harris, Jay Parini, Bill Ramsey, Richard Rodriguez, Susan Shillinglaw, Kevin Starr, Thom Steinbeck, Susan Straight, Rick Wartzman, and the music of Woody Guthrie. | 2/20/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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My Antonia by Willa Cather | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about Willa Cather's novel My Antonia. This episode is narrated by Dana Gioia and features Kurt Andersen, Garrison Keillor, Ted Kooser, Betty Kort, James McBride, Sharon O'Brien, Colin Powell, Kevin Starr, and Antonette Turner. | 2/6/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury | The National Endowment for the Arts presents a radio show about the classic Science Fiction novel Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury. This episode is narrated by Dana Gioia and features Ray Bradbury, Orson Scott Card, John Crowley, Paquito D'Rivera, Hector Elizondo, Nat Hentoff, Ursula K. Le Guin, Azar Nafisi, Luis Alberto Urrea and Sam Weller. | 1/21/09 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 31 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Great New podcast
This is a GREAT podcast. This is the exact sort of podcast i've been looking for. Its short, indepth discussion of literature, with interviews of authors, biographers and other such scholars in the first episode is superb. It made me want to go out to the library and read a new book. Keep up the good work and make more podcasts
The Big Read...Indeed!
I just discovered this podcast. It was not easy to find or I would have downloaded it sooner! I listened to my first episode last night - "A Farewell to Arms." If it's any indication as to the quality and interest of the others - then I'm hooked!
Outstanding overview and discussion
If you have ANY interest in these books, these are worth your time. They are good enough to listen to several times to learn about the books, their context and how they have affected people through the years.
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