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FEATURED GREAT LITERATURE This grand misadventure is the story of three unlikely thieves, or reivers: 11-year-old Lucius Priest and two of his family's retainers. In 1905, these three set out from Mississippi for Memphis in a stolen motorcar. The astonishing and complicated results reveal Faulkner as a master of the picaresque. Great Literature airs at 8PM every Monday through Friday. The Reivers is read by Cameron Gamble.
For Gavin Sutton Written by Tim Vogel, February 4 2015 For WRBH, his story started out just like so many others… A few years ago, a man walked through the door of our radio station with an interest in becoming a volunteer. At the time, this man seemed quiet, maybe unassuming, but his audition went very well. And his volunteer availability was good & flexible so we gave him a […]
FEATURED FICTION Fifteen years ago, a murder/suicide in room 712 rocked the grand old Bellweather Hotel and the young bridesmaid who witnessed it. Now hundreds of high school musicians, including quiet bassoonist Rabbit Hatmaker and his brassy diva twin, Alice, have gathered in its cavernous, crumbling halls for the annual Statewide festival; the grown-up bridesmaid has returned to face her demons; and a snowstorm is forecast that will trap everyone […]
FEATURED NON-FICTION Diane Keaton has spent a lifetime coloring outside the lines of the conventional notion of beauty. In Let’s Just Say It Wasn’t Pretty, she shares the wisdom she’s accumulated through the years as a mother, daughter, actress, artist, and international style icon. This is a book only Diane Keaton could write—a smart and funny chronicle of the ups and downs of living and working in a world obsessed […]
Here is a book as joyous and painful, as mysterious and memorable, as childhood itself. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings captures the longing of lonely children, the brute insult of bigotry, and the wonder of words that can make the world right. Maya Angelou’s debut memoir is a modern American classic beloved worldwide. Sent by their mother to live with their devout, self-sufficient grandmother in a small […]
The Cat’s Out of the Bag! Written by Natalia Gonzalez, January 27, 2015 In case you weren’t aware, WRBH recently “hired” a new employee – but not your typical employee – this one walks on 4 legs and is covered in grey fur! Yes, we have embraced the trend and now have a five-year old office cat […]
FEATURED GREAT LITERATURE "Listen: Billy Pilgrim has become unstuck in time." So begins Vonnegut's absurdist 1969 classic. Slaughterhouse-Five is one of the world's great anti-war books. Centering on the infamous fire-bombing of Dresden, Billy Pilgrim's odyssey through time reflects the mythic journey of our own fractured lives as we search for meaning in what we are afraid to know.
FEATURED FICTION For more than one hundred years, the Angelini Shoe Company in Greenwich Village has relied on the leather produced by Vechiarelli & Son in Tuscany. This ancient business partnership provides a twist of fate for Valentine Roncalli, the schoolteacher-turned-shoemaker, to fall in love with Gianluca Vechiarelli, a tanner with a complex past . . . and a secret. But after the wedding celebrations are over, Valentine wakes up […]
Notice Anything New? Written by Kacie Stillings. January 14, 2015 If you’re a long-time listener of WRBH, then you’ve probably noticed that we’ve recently made some big changes. In December, we introduced a brand new program schedule, and now in January, we’re launching a redesigned website with a plethora of upgrades for our blind and sighted audience. While WRBH has long served as a best practice for FM reading radio, […]
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