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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Author Samuel Shem --his new satirical novel is "Man’s 4th Best Hospital;" author Ruta Sepetys--her new book is called "The Fountains of Silence"--...

  • Added: Nov 27, 2019
  • Length: 59:46
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Contributor Lily Winter returns with another installment of Forgotten Authors. Today she re-introduces us to Belgian author George Simenon.

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2019
  • Length: 06:53
  • Purchases: 1
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Contributor Gary Rozman gives us his review of Stephen King's latest novel, "The Institute."

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2019
  • Length: 08:06
  • Purchases: 1
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Interview with Samuel Shem, author of "Man's 4th Best Hospital," a sequel to his 1978 highly acclaimed medical novel, "The House of God."

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  • Added: Nov 27, 2019
  • Length: 08:15
  • Purchases: 1
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Interview with Wisconsin writer, Ed Block. His new book is, "Jon Hassler--Voice of the Heartland: a critical appraisal of his work."

  • Added: Nov 27, 2019
  • Length: 13:36

  • Added: Nov 21, 2019
  • Length: 13:12
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We hear about a fun and charming new children’s book, Dr. Seuss’s Horse Museum, by Andrew Joyner; Bemidji community member Rucha Ambikar on growing...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2019
  • Length: 59:51
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The National Endowment for the Arts awards 75 Big Read programs annually across the country. The Big Read program is a shared community reading exp...

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  • Added: Oct 27, 2019
  • Length: 08:12
  • Purchases: 1
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In 1940s Winchester, England, a woman tries to find her place in the world after great loss in the aftermath of the Great War.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2019
  • Length: 12:13
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Contributor Andrew Dziengel talks with movie expert Brian Raftery about his new book Best. Movie. Year. Ever.: How 1999 Blew Up the Big Screen.

  • Added: Oct 27, 2019
  • Length: 12:09
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Children’s book writer and illustrator Andrew Joyner has written and illustrated over 40 children's books including The Pink Hat, and The Duck & th...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2019
  • Length: 09:39
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Rucha Ambikar is a professor of sociology at Bemidji State University. Hear our talk about books and reading, what a childhood in India filled with...

  • Added: Oct 27, 2019
  • Length: 13:51
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In a not-too distant time, where public gatherings are illegal, making concerts impossible, two women are willing to break the law for their love o...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2019
  • Length: 13:14

  • Added: Sep 22, 2019
  • Length: 10:41
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Writer E.R. Ramzipoor's new novel of historical fiction takes place in Nazi occupied Belgium where a gang of ragtag journalists and resistence figh...

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  • Added: Sep 22, 2019
  • Length: 08:38
  • Purchases: 1
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E.R. Ramzipoor's The Ventriloquists; Sarah Pinsker's A Song for a New Day; Brad Meltzer children’s book series Ordinary People Change the World, hi...

  • Added: Sep 22, 2019
  • Length: 59:59
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Interviews: Freedom's Detective, by Charles Lane; The Mars Room, by Rachel Kushner, Words No Bars Can Hold, by Deborah Appleman; Reviews: Robert Ca...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2019
  • Length: 59:51
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We'll hear from Bev Thomas, her new book is a thriller, "A Good Enough Mother".. Pauli Meinecke from Harmony Natural Foods Coop in Bemidji will giv...

  • Added: May 13, 2019
  • Length: 01:00:04
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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