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Valley Writers Read Airs Wednesdays at 7pm
Franz Weinschenk, your host. Literary fiction by authors in our community, read by the authors. Heard Wednesdays at 7 pm.
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Franz Weinschenk, your host. Literary fiction by authors in our community, read by the authors. Heard Wednesdays at 7 pm.See whats upcoming on Valley Writers Read. View our 2010 Schedule.
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Judith Gallardo, "Choices"
Aired September 1st, 2010
Gabriella Lawson reads “Choices,” Judith Gallardo's story is about Susan, who is shocked by the news that husband Brian is divorcing her. How is she going to manage by herself? With her “soft-lady-like” background will she be able to find a job? Make a living? Earn back her self-respect?
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Larry Hill, "Breakage"
Aired August 25th, 2010
Pat Smith reads "Breakage" Author Larry Hill tells the story of Alice and Cal. She’s supposedly come to see about buying his house, but it turns out more like she's interested in him instead.
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Jim Ashford, "A Little Touch of Harry"
Aired August 18th, 2010
In "A Little Touch of Harry," the author, Jim Ashford as a young man, meets President Harry S. Truman and works with him for an extended period of time. The story gives us good insight into what this former President was like.
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Anselm Engle, "Lucky Man" and Ed Miller, "Searchers"
Aired August 11th, 2010
Don Weaver reads "Lucky Man" by Anselm Engle. The lead character somehow has an obsession that whatever he finds, like coins and gadgets, he needs to use. So what does he do when he finds a gun?
In "Searchers" by Ed Miller, after a fight with his wife, the lead character decides to go fishing up at the lake.On the hike in, he becomes trapped in a "snowhole."
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Polly Brewer, "Are You Real" & Janice Stephens, "Daffodils for Laurel"
Aired August 4th, 2010
Kaye Cummings reads "Are You Real?" a story of how the author, Polly Brewer, gets lost in a typical Valley Tule fog out by the university.
In "Daffodils for Laurel," Janice Stevens tells about the care and love a daughter gives to her failing mother.
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Sharon Patterson, "The Rug Buyer" and Aerin Ridgway, "Summer Heat and Disappointment"
Aired July 28th, 2010
In "The Rug Buyer" Judy Ryan reads Sharon Patterson's tale of how Noni buys a beautiful Indian rug to cover an ominous red stain on the dining room floor.
In "Summer Heat and Disappointment" Aerin Ridgway asks the question: What do you do when you keep interviewing for a job, but nothing works out? And now your money is almost gone?
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C.B. Mosher, "Slide"
Aired July 21st, 2010
In "Slide," C.B. Mosher tells the story of a skier up in the Sierra who is hit by an avalanche and struggles both with the snow and his conscience.
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Hope Nisly, "With Normal In My Rearview Mirror"
Aired July 14th, 2010
In "With Normal In My Rearview Mirror," Hope Nisly tells the story of a Reedley couple driving all the way to Wyoming to meet with their son in prison.
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Roger Angress, "A Santana Production," and Ruth Smith, "A Teacher She Would Be"
Aired July 7th, 2010
In "A Santana Production" Roger Angress tells the story of a man driving a Hudson automobile who just came out of an abandoned building known as the "Santana" building. And in "A Teacher She Would Be," Ruth Smith recounts how she used to be a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse in the wilds of Nebraska.
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Valerie Schultz, "My Name Is Sonia S."
Aired June 30th, 2010
In "My Name is Sonia S," Valerie Schultz tells the story of a Sonia, a 13-year whose father is an alcoholic. He misses her birthday party so he could go drinking, has a big fight with her mom. But when he starts to beat up on her little brother, Sonia calls 911 on the cell phone she had stolen at school.
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James Benelli, "Spaghetti Farming In Kansas"
Aired June 23rd, 2010
In "Spaghetti Farming in Kansas" James Benelli tells the story of one of the richest men in America, J. Worthmore, buying a spaghetti farm right next to one owned by T. Boone Pickins in Kansas.
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Mary Lee Gowland, "Daisies"
Aired June 16th, 2010
In "Daisies," Mary Lee Gowland remembers her childhood with two great parents in Malibu Beach practically on the beach next to the Pacific Ocean. Her mom was very supportive, and her dad, a professional photographer, had many Hollywood stars as clients. At the end of her piece, she dedicates a poem to him.
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John Walke, "Escaping Karachi"
Aired June 9th, 2010
In "Escaping Karachi," John Walke remembers the great "partition" which separated India from Pakistan. The story describes how Derek’s family moved from New Delhi to Karachi.
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Bonnie Hearn Hill, "Black Moon Lilith"
Aired June 2nd, 2010
In "Black Moon Lilith," Lily, who was abducted as a young child and enlisted into a gang of shop lifters, does her job with daring and skill. But ever since Elise got in trouble with Brownie, the leader of the gang, she’s thinking about changing her life.
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David Creighton, "War’s Confluence" & Gary Hill, "Hanna And The Magical Cucucaroo"
Aired May 26th, 2010
In "War’s Confluence," David Creighton asks the question if the offspring of the opponents of a bitter and hard-fought war can overcome their prejudices and become friends. In "Hanna and the Magical Cucucaroo," Gary Hill tells of Hanna who lives in a Peruvian village and how she was able to catch the golden feather from the magical cucucaroo and make a very special wish.
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