WUIS

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WUIS is provides Central Illinois and Illinois public radio stations with state government news from its capitol bureau.  It also provides local news, arts, and entertainment information.

Pieces

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Featuring original works of poetry and prose by John M. Anderson, Lori Levy, Maureen McQuerry, Kevin Conder, and Janelle Garcia

  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:05
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A conversation with legendary book maven Mary Gay Shipley, whose ability to not only predict but create sleeper hits has been widely lauded. Owner ...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:01
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A conversation with Scott Reynolds Nelson about his experience being plagiarized by a Dutch newspaper whose reporter lifted—without attribution—not...

  • Added: Jul 21, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:01
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An examination of culturally conscious lyrics with Steven Wilson—singer, songwriter, and guitarist for the British rock band Porcupine Tree—and hip...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
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A conversation with Brock Clarke, about his novel, An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England (Includes updates from the original broadca...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2010
  • Length: 00:28:48
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A conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Robert Olen Butler about flash fiction; also features short prose from Roy William Scranton, winn...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2010
  • Length: 00:30:22
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A conversation with cultural studies philosopher Susan Bordo about her forthcoming book, The Anne Boleyn Diet (Includes updates from original broad...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:04
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Poetry and Prison—a conversation about the Tamms Poetry Project, targeting prisoners in 23-hour isolation at Tamms Supermax Prison in Southernmost ...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2010
  • Length: 00:30:06
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A conversation with Nigerian poet, proverb scholar, and novelist J.O.J. Nwachukwu-Agbada (Prayer Beads of the Silent Supplicant) and new fiction fr...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
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Sex and the Desiderous Soul - For centuries, poets have written about the yearnings of the human heart and body. In his newest book, Heaven's Song:...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2010
  • Length: 00:30:41
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Earth and Body—What we know and don't know about the intersection of environmental and human health, featuring conversations with Elizabeth Kolbert...

  • Added: Jul 14, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:05
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Conversations with Sena Jeter Naslund (Abundance), Maya Angelou (Letter to My Daughter), and Peter Ramos (Please Do Not Feed the Ghost)

  • Added: Jul 12, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:09
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Featuring original works of poetry and prose by Suzanne Levine, Jim Bainbridge, Naomi Ruth Lowinski, and Lee Reilly, as well as a performance essay...

  • Added: Jul 12, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:01
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program--Edition 2.1, Credit: Sacha Newley
A conversation with Robert Hellenga, whose fourth novel, Philosophy Made Simple, centers on retired widower Rudy Harrington who sets out to explore...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
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Poetry and Wellness—a conversation with Torsten Caeners and poetry from Wendy Vardaman, Bill Garvey, Truth Thomas, Peter Funk, and Lewis Dimmick

  • Added: Jun 24, 2010
  • Length: 00:29:00
Caption: Quiddity International Literary Journal and Public-Radio Program--Edition 2.1, Credit: Sacha Newley
Trying Men’s Souls through Poetic Craft—a conversation with Judi O'Brien Anderson, Erin Bishop, Kathryn Harris, and David Logan about “Paint It Red...

  • Added: Jun 24, 2010
  • Length: 01:56:07
Caption: The Poetry of War
Quiddity’s Poetry of War episode turns its attention to the soldier-poets of war and what their words reveal about the essence of honor and memory ...

  • Added: Mar 31, 2010
  • Length: 00:30:01
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Fun with Dick and Jane was the answer. The question? “What book do you remember from your early childhood?”

  • Added: Nov 09, 2009
  • Length: 00:03:26
Caption: Claudia Quigg
It makes sense that a child who gets straight A’s in math and reading will go on to be a CEO at a Fortune 500 company. But what about the straight ...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2009
  • Length: 00:03:31
Caption: Claudia Quigg
Halloween is perhaps children’s favorite holiday, second only to the giftbonanza that Christmas has become. Halloween is made for kids, offering in...

  • Added: Nov 09, 2009
  • Length: 00:03:35

Staff of WUIS

Caption: PRX default User image Sinta Seiber-Lane (Admin) Program Director Springfield, Illinois
Caption: PRX default User image Bob Meyers (Admin) Operations Southern View, Illinois
Caption: PRX default User image Amanda Vinicky Statehouse Reporter La Grange, IL
Caption: PRX default User image Karl Scroggin Music Director Springfield,, IL
Caption: PRX default User image Joanna Beth Tweedy producer Southern View, Illinois
Caption: PRX default User image Sean Crawford Springfield, Illinois
Caption: PRX default User image betsy osman Springfield, Illinois