The Beat
Series produced by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota
A daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Minnesota poets prove that every day.
This series features short poems by writers that have some connection to Minnesota. Some of these poets are alive, some are not. Some are well known, some are not.
Programming is supported by the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
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Francine Sterle is the author of 2006 book "Nude In Winter," which was a finalist for the LA Times Book of the Year. She has also published two oth...
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- Added: Aug 05, 2015
- Length: 01:30
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Ryan Kutter lives near Grey Eagle, Minnesota where he gardens and makes wooden furniture and writes. An english major, he graduated from St John's ...
- Added: Aug 05, 2015
- Length: 01:29
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: Aug 05, 2015
- Length: 01:27
Brian Laidlaw is a graduate of the University of Minnesota MFA program in poetry. He lives in the Twin Cities, and teaches songwriting at McNally S...
- Added: Aug 05, 2015
- Length: 01:15
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...
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- Added: Jul 30, 2015
- Length: 01:54
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Kevin Zepper is an Associate Professor of English at Minnesota State University - Moorehead.
- Added: Jul 30, 2015
- Length: 01:27
Jeanne Lutz grew up on a dairy farm in southern Minnesota and lives in St Paul now. She loves to write poetry because its something she can do anyw...
- Added: Jul 30, 2015
- Length: 01:12
Ben Westlie graduated from Bemidji State University in 2006 with a BFA in Creative and Professional Writing. He's published three chapbooks of poet...
- Added: Jul 30, 2015
- Length: 01:42
Kathryn Kysar has published two books of poetry. She's received fellowships and residencies from the Minnesota State Arts Board, the National Endow...
- Added: Jul 30, 2015
- Length: 01:03
Jill Dermody is currently working on the third draft of her book, "The Skyrian Memoirs", about her experience volunteering on a horse farm in Greec...
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- Added: Jul 22, 2015
- Length: 01:03
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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: Jul 22, 2015
- Length: 01:39
Aaron Wenger is a retired educator. He is an engineer that became an educator. He is KAXE's staff physicist, and a poet. A daily reminder that, in ...
- Added: Jul 22, 2015
- Length: :54
Jennifer Sporcich lives in Minneapolis with her two dogs and two parakeets. She received a BFA from the school of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2...
- Added: Jul 22, 2015
- Length: :57
Todd Boss grew up on a cattle farm in Wisconsin, and lives now in St. Paul. His two books of poetry have won rave reviews from all over. His second...
- Added: Jul 22, 2015
- Length: 01:37
The poet, Danny Klecko runs a bakery in St. Paul. Some of his poems are written while his Capital City bread is in the oven. If you listen to "The ...
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- Added: Jul 15, 2015
- Length: 02:13
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The poet, Danny Klecko runs a bakery in St. Paul. Some of his poems are written while his Capital City bread is in the oven. If you listen to "The ...
- Added: Jul 15, 2015
- Length: 01:34
The poet, Danny Klecko runs a bakery in St. Paul. Some of his poems are written while his Capital City bread is in the oven. If you listen to "The ...
- Added: Jul 15, 2015
- Length: 01:39
The poet, Danny Klecko runs a bakery in St. Paul. Some of his poems are written while his Capital City bread is in the oven. If you listen to "The ...
- Added: Jul 15, 2015
- Length: 01:31
The poet, Danny Klecko runs a bakery in St. Paul. Some of his poems are written while his Capital City bread is in the oven. If you listen to "The ...
- Added: Jul 15, 2015
- Length: 01:45
At Northland Community School in Remer, Lacey Riopelle's 4th graders recently wrote and recorded haiku poetry using the traditional Japanese three ...
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- Added: Jul 09, 2015
- Length: 01:00
- Purchases: 1
