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CarolAnn Russell is a Professor of English at Bemidji State University. She has published four full-length books of poetry. Russell has also been a...
- Added: Feb 28, 2013
- Length: 02:04
Erin Lynn Marsh has been published in Sugarhouse Review, Post Road Magazine, and Paper Darts. She holds an MFA from Lesley University in Boston, is...
- Added: Dec 09, 2012
- Length: 01:55
Michelle Mathees has received a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, Intermedia Arts in Minneapolis. The Jerome Foundation, and the Arrowhead...
- Added: Nov 14, 2012
- Length: 02:05
Deborah Cooper has recently been named the fourth Poet Laureate of Duluth. Here the Producer of The Beat, Steve Downing reads her poem "Through the...
- Added: Nov 06, 2012
- Length: 02:48
Anthony Swann Has written a novel about jazz people in the Twin Cities in the early 1960's. He like physical books and coffeehouses. And Anthony Sw...
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 01:45
Charlie Pulkrabek is a writer and visual artist living in the Bemidji area. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Min...
- Added: Oct 23, 2012
- Length: 01:27
John Berryman was a widely known poet, and teacher at the University of Minnesota. This is a recording of John Berryman reading his poem titled "Dr...
- Added: Oct 03, 2012
- Length: 02:37
Elisa Korentayer is a writer, a performer, and a recording artist. Here she reads her poem "Ryokan In Small Mountian Village Outside Kyoto.
The Be...
- Added: Sep 14, 2012
- Length: 03:01
Sheila Packa lives in northern Minnesota near Lake Superior. She has published three books of poetry. Sheila Packa also edited the acclaimed anthol...
- Added: Sep 10, 2012
- Length: 02:00
John Berryman was a widely known poet, and teacher at the University of Minnesota. This is a recording of John Berryman reading his poem titled "Th...
- Added: Aug 17, 2012
- Length: 02:25
Mary Finch is an essayist, Newspaper Columnist, and a poet living in Deer River, Minnesota.
The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry...
- Added: Aug 17, 2012
- Length: 01:44
The mother of one of our greatest American writers. Long thought to be illiterate ... revealed by her letters to have a distinctive writing voice t...
- Added: May 17, 2011
- Length: 03:00
New views of getting lost
- Added: Nov 13, 2008
- Length: 03:14
Crossing the Border: a story or two
- Added: Nov 13, 2008
- Length: 03:49
Memories of War, Dreams of Peace
- Added: Nov 13, 2008
- Length: 03:39
Three Views of Farmers
- Added: Nov 12, 2008
- Length: 03:25
A Swim through the waters of childhood.
- Added: Nov 12, 2008
- Length: 03:50
Two pictures of jobs: from the outside In and in the Imagination
- Added: Nov 12, 2008
- Length: 02:45
The mind is a cave
- Added: Nov 12, 2008
- Length: 03:34
The expression "the opera ain't over until the fat lady sings" gained national attention in 1978.
Bought by KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and WUAL
- Added: Jul 19, 2005
- Length: 02:03
- Purchases: 2
"Dressed to the nines," like so many English idioms, is a mysterious expression.
- Added: Jul 19, 2005
- Length: 02:02
Who were the original Amazons, and why do they share a name with the South American river and the bookselling giant amazon.com?
Bought by KVNF
- Added: Jul 15, 2005
- Length: 02:03
- Purchases: 1
The genesis of the phrase "rule of thumb" is uncertain.
- Added: Apr 15, 2005
- Length: 02:03
The story behind the coinage of the common expression "good Samaritan."
- Added: Apr 15, 2005
- Length: 02:03
A discussion of the origin of the expression "the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry."
Bought by KMRE-LP Bellingham, Wash. and KHSU
- Added: Apr 15, 2005
- Length: 02:02
- Purchases: 2
