The Beat
Series produced by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
A daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Minnesota poets prove that every day.
This series features short poems by writers that have some connection to Minnesota. Some of these poets are alive, some are not. Some are well known, some are not.
Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
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Sharon Harris was born in Park Rapids, Minnesota and she still lives near there. Her day job is at the First National Bank of Menahga in Sebeka. Sh...
- Added: Dec 02, 2015
- Length: :55
Joyce Sutphen, Minnesota's current Poet Laureate was one of the first contributors to Northern Community Radio's "The Beat".
- Added: Dec 02, 2015
- Length: 01:27
Erin Lynn Marsh is a Bemidji poet. She's published her work in Sugarhouse Review, Post Road Magazine, and Paper Darts. She's a graduate of the MFA...
- Added: Dec 02, 2015
- Length: 01:20
Gwen Nell Westerman, an enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, is professor in english and director of humanities at Minnesota State Unive...
- Added: Nov 25, 2015
- Length: 01:28
Larry Gavin teaches English at Faribault High School. He's had three collections of poetry published by Red Dragonfly Press and he's a nationally ...
- Added: Nov 25, 2015
- Length: 02:07
Francis Larson holds an MA in English as a second language with an interest in arts integration and language acquistion and he currently teaches Fr...
- Added: Nov 25, 2015
- Length: 01:48
Linda Back McKay is an independent advertising and marketing writer and director in the Twin Cities. Her most recent books are "The Next Best Thing...
- Added: Nov 25, 2015
- Length: 01:47
Alex Stolis has been a janitor, a counselor, a waiter, a bartender, a housekeeper, a salesman, a cook, a criminal, and has been, and a never was. T...
- Added: Nov 25, 2015
- Length: 01:02
CarolAnn Russell is a Professor at Bemidji State University, who's published four full-length books of poetry. Among her many professional awards a...
- Added: Nov 19, 2015
- Length: 01:28
Joyce Sutphen, Minnesota's current Poet Laureate was one of the first contributors to Northern Community Radio's "The Beat".
- Added: Nov 19, 2015
- Length: 01:26
Brian Laidlaw is a graduate of the University of Minnesota MFA program in poetry. He lives in the Twin Cities, and teaches songwriting at McNally S...
- Added: Nov 19, 2015
- Length: 01:18
Jennifer Sporcich lives in Minneapolis with her two dogs and two parakeets. She received a BFA from the school of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2...
- Added: Nov 19, 2015
- Length: :51
Jill Dermody is currently working on the third draft of her book, "The Skyrian Memoirs", about her experience volunteering on a horse farm in Greec...
- Added: Nov 19, 2015
- Length: 02:16
Kevin Zepper teaches at Minnesota State University - Moorehead.
- Added: Nov 12, 2015
- Length: 01:24
Sharon Chmielarz's poems have appeared in numerous literary magazines nationwide. She's also published travel memoirs and three children's picture ...
- Added: Nov 12, 2015
- Length: 02:02
Robert Jevne lives, works, farms and occassionally writes in the greater Jacobson area.
- Added: Nov 12, 2015
- Length: :44
Doris Stengel grew up on the North Dakota prairie, and then moved to the woods and lakes of Minnesota. She belongs to Heartland Poets in Brainerd,...
- Added: Nov 12, 2015
- Length: 01:51
Here's another of the poems we have in our library now, written and read by Joyce Sutphen, Minnesota's Poet Laureate.
- Added: Nov 12, 2015
- Length: 01:13
Larry Gavin teaches English at Faribault High School. He's had three collections of poetry published by Red Dragonfly Press and he's a nationally ...
- Added: Nov 04, 2015
- Length: 01:24
Sharon Harris was born in Park Rapids, Minnesota and she still lives near there. Her day job is at the First National Bank of Menahga in Sebeka. Sh...
- Added: Nov 04, 2015
- Length: :50
