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MN Reads: "Shannon in the Spotlight" by Kalena Miller
From: WDSE
Series: MN Reads
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Author Kalena Miller talks about her Minnesota Book Award-nominated middle-grade novel "Shannon in the Spotlight"

  • Added: Apr 04, 2024
  • Length: 08:33
Natalie MacLean book interview "Wine Witch on Fire"
From: Mark Lenzi
Series: The Wonderful World of Wine (WWW)
Caption: The Wonderful World of Wine (WWW)
The Wonderful World of Wine (WWW) Exploring all things wine with you! In this episode Kim and Mark talk with Natalie MacLean about her new book "W...

  • Added: Sep 08, 2023
  • Length: 40:49
Retired MN Bookseller Gary Goodman Reflects on 40 Years of Books
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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After almost 40 years in the used and rare book trade, Gary Goodman closed shop at St. Croix Antiquarian Books in Stillwater MN, and he’s just wri...

  • Added: Feb 19, 2022
  • Length: 12:52
A Young Woman Risks Everything to Serve as a WWI Doctor in Lecia Cornwall's New Novel
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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Lecia Cornwall is the acclaimed Canadian author of 15 historical romance novels. Her newest story is a WWI-set historical fiction about a female do...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2021
  • Length: 08:06
Top of Mind - A Memoir About Autism, Cascatelli's Invention, and Family Dialects
From: BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM
Series: Top of Mind with Julie Rose
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Topic 1: A memoir about autism written by a mother and daughter. Topic 2: The Story of Cascatelli's Invention. Topic 3: Familylect; the dialect you...

Bought by KSTK, WYAP, KOWS, RADIOLEX, and GCR (Global Community Radio)


  • Added: Oct 06, 2021
  • Length: 51:38
  • Purchases: 5
A Deeply Moving Collection of Personal Essays From Writer John Green
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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John Green is the award-winning, bestselling author of novels including Looking for Alaska, The Fault in Our Stars, and Turtles All the Way Down. H...

  • Added: Jun 11, 2021
  • Length: 12:04
The Write Question - Allison Cobb
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author Allison Cobb talks about her new book, "Plastic: an Autobiography."

Bought by WETS, WCNY, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: May 12, 2021
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 5
Bill Koningsberg's Young Adult Novel on Teen Suicide: The Bridge
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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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
Marcie Rendon KBFT Native Writing Festival
From: Bois Forte Tribal Community Radio
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Native Author, Marcie Rendon visits the Virginia Public Library and the Nett Lake Community during KBFT's Native Writing Festival.

  • Added: Apr 16, 2020
  • Length: 04:58
The Witness Tree, by Amy Pendino
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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Interview with Minnesota author, Amy Pendino.

  • Added: Dec 23, 2019
  • Length: 11:23
What We're Reading: George Simenon
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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Contributor Lily Winter returns with another installment of Forgotten Authors. Today she re-introduces us to Belgian author George Simenon.

Bought by WOUB


  • Added: Nov 27, 2019
  • Length: 06:53
  • Purchases: 1
The Write Question - Shonda Buchanan - 431
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Shonda Buchanan discusses her memoir, "Black Indian." She also reads a short passage from the book.

Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Nov 13, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6
The Write Question - Edward Chamberlin - 385
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Canadian historian and author Edward Chamberlin discusses his book "The Baker and the Blackfoot: An Untold Story of Friendship, Trust, and Broken P...

Bought by Spokane Public Radio and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Jul 23, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 2
National Writers Series: Tommy Tomlinson
From: Interlochen Public Radio
Series: National Writers Series: Season Two
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Reporter and columnist Tommy Tomlinson talks with Elon Cameron about his memoir, "The Elephant In the Room: One Fat Man's Quest to Get Smaller in a...

Bought by WKAR


  • Added: May 08, 2019
  • Length: 54:29
  • Purchases: 1
What We're Reading, April 2019
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
Series: What We're Reading
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Featuring Erin Lynn Marsh, a poet from Bemidji, whose first book of poetry, "Disability Isn't Sexy" was recently published! Also featuring a great ...

  • Added: Apr 23, 2019
  • Length: 59:53
The Write Question - Fred Provenza - 368
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Fred Provenza discusses his book, "Nourishment: What Animals Can Teach Us about Rediscovering Our Nutritional Wisdom."

Bought by Prairie Public, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Feb 28, 2019
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
The Write Question - Brett Walker - 356
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Historian and author Brett Walker discusses his memoir, A Family History of Illness: Memory as Medicine. He also reads a short passage.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, and KCMJ Community Radio


  • Added: Nov 19, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
ThinkPeople — A conversation with David Rothman
From: Alan Wartes
Series: ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPeople
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In this episode of ThinkRadio Presents ThinkPeople, host Alan Wartes talks with respected poet and educator Dr. David Rothman.

Bought by KBUT Crested Butte, Colo.


  • Added: Oct 31, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
The Past American Voice of Poet Kenneth Irby
From: New Letters on the Air
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The late poet Kenneth Irby (1936-2015) traveled the States before settling in Lawrence, where he spent his teaching and writing career at the Unive...

Bought by WNMU-FM, WNJR, and WNJR


  • Added: Jan 31, 2018
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 3
Tom Sancton: Family Man
From: Music Inside Out
Series: Music Inside Out
Caption: Tom Sancton
Writer and musician Tom Sancton entered his teens in the early 1960s playing clarinet on stage and on the streets with the veteran African-American...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2017
  • Length: 52:00
Deb Cumberland: The Art of Words
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
Caption: Deb Cumberland
On this episode of Art Beat, we take you to Paperbacks and Pieces in Winona, MN to talk to Deb Cumberland. Deb Cumberland, Professor of English at ...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2017
  • Length: 17:40
Newly-Discovered Vonnegut Short Stories To Be Released
From: WFHB
Series: Daily Local News
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Five previously undiscovered Kurt Vonnegut short stories have been discovered in Indiana University's Lilly Library.

  • Added: Sep 11, 2017
  • Length: 07:04
The Write Question - Chris Dombrowski - 274
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Chris Dombrowski talks with Sarah Aronson about 'Body of Water: A Sage, A Seeker, and the World's Most Alluring Fish,' which is part memoir, part r...

Bought by KWMR, KGLT, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KCMJ Community Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Jan 30, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Write Question - Kent Davis - 272
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
Series: The Write Question
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Author and game designer Kent Davis talks about books one and two in his 'A Riddle In Ruby' YA series.

Bought by KWMR, KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash., KGLT, KCMJ Community Radio, KSJD and more


  • Added: Jan 06, 2017
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 7
The Write Question - Allen Morris Jones - 271
From: KUFM - Montana Public Radio
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Allen Morris Jones talks about and reads from his novel 'A Bloom of Bones'

Bought by KGLT, KSJD, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 11, 2016
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 4