Arts & Letters
Arts & Letters is a program celebrating contemporary arts, humanities, and social sciences, with an emphasis on authentic Southern voices. Hosted by J. Bradley Minnick of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, the full episode archive is available at artsandlettersradio.org.
Latest Episodes
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Meet math-loving fourth grader, Danny Bowman Marsh, and join us for an unforgettable story to remind us all that we do not choose our parents. Note: This… -
Discover Sue Cowan Williams, an early Civil Rights advocate in Arkansas, who sued the Little Rock School District for equal pay in 1942. With Thurgood… -
A discussion of the roots of Ozark rural resistance to federalist authority.Join us as we interview historian J. Blake Perkins about the history of… -
A retrospective of Governor Orval Faubus.On this episode, we interview Civil Rights historian John Kirk and explore his archived tapes of an interview… -
Celebrate a life in public radio. Long-time host of UA Little Rock Public Radio's program, Arts Scene, Ann Nicholson (1932-2020) created over 1000… -
Meet American short-story writer and novelist, Jeffrey Condran. Jane Austen reenactors, a surprise celebrity appearance, and Ava, who always looks just… -
Experience the interconnectivity of music and social and political spoken word in four movements for narrator, French horn, oboe, and piano.On this… -
Preview award-winning author Kevin Brockmeier’s latest release, The Ghost Variations: One Hundred Stories.On this episode of Arts & Letters, Brockmeier… -
Imagine a noble cruise ship with a rogue charlatan as its new captain with followers "most fowl" and a conspiracy theorist speaking from the bowels of the… -
Discover American author John Edward Williams, who wrote Stoner, critically described as the "perfect novel."Yet, both Williams and this book remain…
