Showing posts with label NPR. Show all posts
Showing posts with label NPR. Show all posts

Sunday, November 29, 2009

Audio: Rheta Grimsley Johnson on NPR

On November 29, 2009, Alabama author Rheta Grimsley Johnson's book Poor Man's Provence (NewSouthBooks) was reviewed by Debbie Elliott on NPR’s program Weekend Edition Sunday. In addition to the review, the Web site has an excerpt from the book.

Listen to Debbie Elliott's review of Poor Man's Provence on NPR.

Midge Coates, Project Manager
This Goodly Land: Alabama's Literary Landscape

Thursday, September 3, 2009

Audio: Will Wright Interviews Edward O. Wilson on NPR

On September 1, 2009, Alabama author Edward O. Wilson was interviewed by computer game designer Will Wright on NPR’s program Morning Edition during the “Open Mic” segment. The two discussed the future of computer games in children's science education and his own introduction to science as a child. The Web page has two additional question/answer segments not included in the broadcast.

Listen to "E.O. Wilson And Will Wright: Ant Lovers Unite!" on NPR.

Midge Coates, Project Manager
This Goodly Land: Alabama's Literary Landscape

Monday, December 1, 2008

Audio: Edward O. Wilson on NPR's All Things Considered

On November 30, Alabama author Edward O. Wilson was interviewed by Andrea Seabrook on the National Public Radio program All Things Considered. At the All Things Considered Web site, you can listen to the interview, see (and hear) a narrated slide show about leafcutter ants, and read an excerpt from The Superorganism: The Beauty, Elegance, and Strangeness of Insect Societies, Wilson's most recent book (co-written with Bert Hölldobler).

Listen to the All Things Considered interview with Edward O. Wilson.

Midge Coates, Project Manager
This Goodly Land: Alabama's Literary Landscape