Women's Words

Series produced by WDSE

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A short segment featuring the writing of the women of Minnesota.

KUMD brings you a writer's module. A short feature on female writers of Minnesota. The program features the author herself reading her work, with a brief introduction.

Funding for Women's Words is provided by The Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. © Copyright 2015, KUMD


131 Pieces

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My Masculine Side: Esther Hoffmann
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words features Esther Hoffmann from Mankato, Minnesota reading her poem "The Talk."

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  • Added: Dec 08, 2014
  • Length: 03:13
  • Purchases: 1
The Owl and I in the Fray
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words features Terri Falsani reading her poem "Barred Owl."

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  • Added: Dec 15, 2014
  • Length: 02:27
  • Purchases: 1
Simplifying the Holiday
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words from KUMD features Holly Harden reading "After Caroling," an excerpt from her cookbook Good Food from Mrs. Sundberg's Kitchen.

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  • Added: Dec 24, 2014
  • Length: 03:16
  • Purchases: 1
The Hidden Folk
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words from KUMD features Lise Lunge-Larsen of Duluth reading and excerpt from her children's book, The Hidden Folk: Stories of Fairies...

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  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 04:14
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"I must teach him mercy and forgiveness."
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words from KUMD features Duluthian Jocelyn Pihlaja reading her essay, "There Is Gentle," about raising boys in this day and age.

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  • Added: Jan 06, 2015
  • Length: 06:19
  • Purchases: 1
"It hit him from out of nowhere."
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words from KUMD features Marie Zhuikov of Duluth reading an excerpt from her book, Eye of the Wolf, published by North Star Press.

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  • Added: Jan 14, 2015
  • Length: 06:26
  • Purchases: 1
Terri Falsani's Resurrection
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words features Terri Falsani reading her poems "Resurrection" and "Soon Enough."

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  • Added: Jan 19, 2015
  • Length: 04:07
  • Purchases: 1
Zhuikov's Plover Landing
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words features Marie Zhuikov reading an excerpt from her book "Plover Landing."

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  • Added: Jan 26, 2015
  • Length: 06:44
  • Purchases: 1
The Ravioli Chronicle: Jocelyn Pihlaja
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words features Jocelyn Pihlaja of Duluth, Minnesota reading her short story, "Swimming In It."

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  • Added: Feb 01, 2015
  • Length: 04:24
  • Purchases: 1
Color So Sparing: Terri Falsani
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words features Terri Falsani of Duluth reading her two poems "Understanding Eve" and "Higher Latitude".

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  • Added: Mar 11, 2015
  • Length: 03:12
  • Purchases: 1
Enchantment Lake: Margi Preus
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words features Margi Preus of Duluth reading an excerpt (the second of two) from her book, "Enchantment Lake."

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  • Added: Feb 23, 2015
  • Length: 04:02
  • Purchases: 1
Her Favorite Season is Wind: Christie Gove-Berg
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words features Christie Gove-Berg reading her story "Esther the Eaglet: A True Story of Rescue and Rehabilitation.

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  • Added: Mar 01, 2015
  • Length: 10:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Fractured Map In My Ceiling: Moriah Erickson
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words featuring Moriah Erickson of Duluth reading her poems "Perfusion" and "The L at 4:24 AM."

  • Added: Mar 22, 2015
  • Length: :00
Enchantment Lake: Margi Preus - "It Begins in Manhattan"
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words features Margi Preus of Duluth reading an excerpt (the first of two) from her book, "Enchantment Lake."

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  • Added: Mar 30, 2015
  • Length: 03:09
  • Purchases: 1
Dianna Hunter: "From within...I love my growing strength."
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words from KUMD features Duluthian Dianna Hunter reading her short story, "Horses and Other Embodied Spirits."

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  • Added: Apr 06, 2015
  • Length: 07:20
  • Purchases: 1
Tending Mary Jane
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words from KUMD features Duluthian Jocelyn Pihlaja reading her short story, "Tending Mary Jane," in which the nanny is asked to help t...

  • Added: May 21, 2015
  • Length: 05:42
Why Not Minot?
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
Caption: Dianna Hunter
This Women's Words from KUMD features Duluthian Dianna Hunter reading her short story, "Why Not Minot?"

  • Added: May 21, 2015
  • Length: 07:41
"She loves to remind me that I am her weird grandchild."
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words features Amy Waugh of Duluth reading "Somewhere in Colorado," an excerpt from her book, Remnants of the Disappeared from Red Orc...

  • Added: May 21, 2015
  • Length: 06:33
Unwinding over the Radio
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words from KUMD features Kirsten Dierking reading two poems, "Wilderness" and "Kayak" from her poetry collection, Tether, released by ...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2015
  • Length: 03:14
Just Be in Nature
From: WDSE
Series: Women's Words
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This Women's Words from KUMD features Stephanie Pearson of Duluth reading an excerpt of her article "Sweden by the Sea," published recently in Nati...

  • Added: Jun 01, 2015
  • Length: 06:17