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Anthony Swann likes music, physical books, coffee houses and he lives with his cat, Samba, in Bemidji, Minnesota. Here, Swann presents his poem, "B...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 03:35
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Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Riding with Emily." The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minneso...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:47
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Doris Stengel grew up on the North Dakota prairie, and then moved to the woods and lakes of Minnesota. She's been a high school teacher and has men...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 02:59
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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: Jan 22, 2013
  • Length: 01:50
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Poet Athena Kildeagard, a University of Minnesota - Morris lecturer, looks deeply and metaphorically at a Blue Herring's stop in the poem "On Juggl...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 02:40
  • Purchases: 1
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Poet Danny Klecko provides a vivid glimpse into the world of baking with a look at the camaraderie amongst bakers preparing a new batch of pastries...

  • Added: Jan 17, 2013
  • Length: 01:55
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Originally commissioned by Radio France Culture, this soundscape radio essay by Jean-Luc Nancy explores the 1967 meeting of Paul Celan and Martin H...

Bought by KPIP-LP


  • Added: Jan 04, 2013
  • Length: 58:00
  • Purchases: 1
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During this program, TWQ producer Chérie Newman talks with Barbara Theroux and Zed about some of the recently-published books written by authors fr...

Bought by Yellowstone Public Radio


  • Added: Dec 07, 2012
  • Length: 29:52
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Leonard Cohen
The Cactus Cafe was packed for this magical evening. We hope you enjoy this Views and Brews Remix highlighting four of Cohen’s tunes along with the...

Bought by Prairie Public


  • Added: Nov 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:24:21
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Tennessee Williams
In this Views and Brews Remix on Becoming Tennessee Williams professor Charlotte Canning, joins director Norman Blumensaadt and actress Jennifer Un...

  • Added: Nov 26, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:52
Caption: Colin Fischer, Credit: Jacket cover design by Emily Osborne
This is the story of an exceptional 14-year-old boy with Asperger’s syndrome. He hates the color blue, keeps a very detailed notebook, needs flash...

  • Added: Nov 13, 2012
  • Length: 14:42
Caption: B.A. Shapiro
The New York Times estimates that nearly forty percent of museum and gallery art is forged. Keep that in mind as you read the new book by B.A. Sha...

  • Added: Nov 08, 2012
  • Length: 20:24
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Well, well, here we are again. Another episode hits the airwaves or cyber-lanes, whichever you like, we’re there for you! We’re all the way up to e...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 28:02
Caption: Dr Kate Macdonald, Assistant Professor of English Literature at the University of Gent, Belgium
As part of a series marking Armistice Day, the anniversary of the end of the First World War, reporter, Alison Turner, talked to Dr Kate Macdonald ...

  • Added: Nov 01, 2012
  • Length: 54:00
Caption: Jeff Adams
An Icebox Radio Short! The famous story of the headless horseman is re-imagined with a Northland twist - and this time in verse!

Bought by KMXT and KZYX


  • Added: Oct 29, 2012
  • Length: 10:39
  • Purchases: 2
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A lyric poem written when Millay was 20 that is best associated with her.

  • Added: Sep 12, 2012
  • Length: 09:44
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In this second of a two-part series highlighting the winners of the 2012 Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards to be held in Cleveland on Sept. 13th, producer...

  • Added: Aug 29, 2012
  • Length: 58:04
Caption: New Society Publishers jacket, Credit: cover design by Diane McIntosh
Whatever your spiritual path, chances are that the primary tenets of your faith include universal love, acceptance and compassion. Yet three thousa...

  • Added: Jun 26, 2012
  • Length: 28:55
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Scott Turow is a bestselling author who has had several of his books turned into feature films. His Guest DJ set is full of thoughtful and sentimen...

Bought by PRX Remix


  • Added: Jun 17, 2012
  • Length: 10:55
  • Purchases: 1
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Author Seth Grahame Smith penned the best-selling novels Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Music fuels his writi...

  • Added: Jun 17, 2012
  • Length: 10:41
Caption: Pamela Redmond
Can we ever atone for the sins of the past? Or does each generation of women invent itself anew? In THE POSSIBILITY OF YOU, bestselling author Pam...

  • Added: May 09, 2012
  • Length: 13:39
Caption: Bob Tarte
In the feline follow-up to Enslaved by Ducks, bird-loving author Bob Tarte tells the story of surviving a household run by six fiercely independent...

  • Added: May 01, 2012
  • Length: 12:56
Caption: Chu-Yin Lo  Roberts
Dmae Roberts produced a special half-hour radio memorial on the 10th anniversary of her mom’s death. Remembrance: On Time And Distance is part memo...

Bought by KVSC, KUFM - Montana Public Radio, Prairie Public, KVSC, and WBEZ


  • Added: Apr 30, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
  • Purchases: 5
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In this Cutting Edge Special, some of the work of late poet Louis Reyes is highlighted through live performances at WBAI and his show "Perspective"

  • Added: Apr 25, 2012
  • Length: 01:00:03
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A dramatic musical based on "The Diary of Anne Frank," with music by Michael Cohen and libretto by Enid Futterman. Perfect for scheduling in April ...

Bought by KPVL and KENW


  • Added: Apr 22, 2012
  • Length: 58:01
  • Purchases: 2