Hansell, Tom. – Pacifica Radio Archives

The Bean trees / Barbara Kingsolver ; produced by Tom Hansell.

The story of how two women from East Kentucky come to live together in Tucson, Arizona. One woman, Marietta Grier, changes her name to escape from Pitman County by driving West as far as her ’55 V.W. Bug will take her. The other woman, LuAnn Ruiz, marries a rodeo cowboy who abandons her in Tucson…

August 24, 2025

I Am one of you forever / Fred Chappell ; produced by Tom Hansell.

Story of a boy, Jess, and his family who are visited by an endless variety of eccentric uncles and other family members. |r.1. Johnson Gibbs comes to the farm and talks himself into pitching for the local church league baseball game, even though he has never pitched before. The result is his team’s loss to…

August 24, 2025

Fifty years of eternal vigilance / Carolyn Thorman ; produced by Tom Hansell.

Short examination of life in Lithuanian section of a West Virginia coal camp as seen through the eyes of a young woman. |r.1. The story of a young nun who teaches at St. Stanislaw High School, who must deal with the possibility that one of her favorite students has raped a girl — r.2. Story…

August 24, 2025

The Blue valleys / Robert Morgan ; produced by Tom Hansell.

A collection of short stories which feature characters from the southern mountains. The stories cover the region from the Civil War era up to the present. |r.1. Three men from the North Carolina mountains go to Florida to look for work. They crash their car, and so must find their way out of jail and…

August 24, 2025