What We're Reading

Series produced by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota

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What We're Reading is Northern Community Radio's discussion on the books we're reading and talking about. Hosted and produced by Tammy Bobrowsky.

What We're Reading is Northern Community Radio's discussion on the books we're reading and talking about. Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.


213 Pieces

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In celebration of National Poetry month we talk with black American poet and artist Jasmine Mans. Jasmine is from Newark, New Jersey. She graduated...

  • Added: May 14, 2021
  • Length: 11:49
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"Among fake Instagram pages, long-buried family secrets, and the horrors of middle school, one suburban mom searches to find herself." What We're ...

  • Added: May 13, 2021
  • Length: 11:28
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What We're Reading producer and Staff Librarian Tammy Bobrowsky talks with writer David Arnold. His new novel is called The Electric Kingdom. It's ...

  • Added: May 13, 2021
  • Length: 13:11
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Janice Kaplan celebrates women geniuses of the past and present, and tells us ways to foster change for women geniuses of the future.

  • Added: Feb 28, 2021
  • Length: 14:24
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Sister-writer duo Maika and Maritza Moulite tell us about their new novel "One of the Good Ones." It’s a story about a family grieving the loss of ...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2021
  • Length: 15:04
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Tammy Bobrowsky talks with Rachel Lynn Solomon, writer and former public radio producer, about her new novel called "The Ex Talk." It’s a romantic...

  • Added: Feb 20, 2021
  • Length: 10:12
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Tammy Bobrowsky talks with young adult writer Sharon G. Flake. Her new novel is called "The Life I’m In", it’s the story of a young woman trapped i...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio


  • Added: Feb 20, 2021
  • Length: 16:38
  • Purchases: 1
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Three generations. Two chicken shacks. One recipe for disaster. Sisters Amanda and Mae clash when a reality TV Show visits their small Kansas town ...

  • Added: Dec 18, 2020
  • Length: 11:34
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What We're Reading producer and Staff Librarian Tammy Bobrowsky talks with Minnesota Writer Lin Enger. His new novel is called American Gospel. It'...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 10:13
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What We're Reading producer and Staff Librarian Tammy Bobrowsky talks with young adult writer Bill Konigsberg about his new novel "The Bridge." The...

  • Added: Dec 14, 2020
  • Length: 08:03
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Cal Hooper thought a fixer-upper in a bucolic Irish village would be the perfect escape. After twenty-five years in the Chicago police force and a ...

  • Added: Nov 19, 2020
  • Length: 11:11
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FAMILY IN SIX TONES is a duel memoir co-authored by writer and law professor at the Chapman University School of Law, Lan Cao and her daughter Harl...

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  • Added: Nov 19, 2020
  • Length: 12:38
  • Purchases: 1
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A true crime story about Dr. James Kauffman, a doctor dealing opioids to a notorious motorcycle gang, and the murder of his wife April Kauffman.

  • Added: Oct 25, 2020
  • Length: 12:41
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In 1989, "The Pillars of the Earth", book 1 of the Kingsbridge series was published and has since become Follett's most popular novel. The Kingsbri...

  • Added: Oct 06, 2020
  • Length: 12:13
Caption: Author Jennie Fields, Credit: Anthony Scarlati
"Atomic Love" is Jennie Fields' new book. It’s a work of historical fiction set against the backdrop of Chicago after WW2, where we meet Rosalind P...

  • Added: Sep 26, 2020
  • Length: 09:30
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Part mystery and part historical fiction, but the best part?: It’s set in the New York Public Library.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 11:12
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A sharp, sometimes painful, sometimes funny exploration of aging and friendship.

  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 14:28
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Centuries after Cinderella meets Prince Charming, girls team up to overthrow the kingdom in this dark and imaginative retelling of the classic fair...

  • Added: Sep 02, 2020
  • Length: 13:31
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Staff Librarian and What We're Reading producer Tammy Bobrowsky talks with writer Fiona Davis. Her new book is called The Lions of Fifth Avenue. It...

  • Added: Aug 24, 2020
  • Length: 11:12
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We hear from authors Kristin Higgins, Anne Enright, and David Pepper--they all have new novels to tell us about, and later in the show we’ll hear f...

  • Added: Jul 01, 2020
  • Length: 59:54