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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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: Sep 23, 2013
- Length: 02:59
Marsh Muirhead, a writer, dentist, flight instructor, and much else besides, lives near Bemidji, MN on the banks of the Mississippi with his dog, S...
- Added: Sep 23, 2013
- Length: 01:02
MaryAnn Wilimek writes poetry and creative nonfiction in Bemidji.Her work has appeared in the Gettysburg Review, Relief, Lake Country Journal, Radi...
- Added: Sep 23, 2013
- Length: 02:02
Katelyn Farstad is an artist, writer, and musician working in Minneapolis. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry matters, and Minn...
- Added: Sep 23, 2013
- Length: 03:01
Alex Stolis has been a janitor, a counselor, a waiter, a bartender, a housekeeper, a salesman, a cook, a criminal, and has been, and a never was. T...
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- Added: Sep 15, 2013
- Length: 01:46
- Purchases: 1
Carolyn Williams-Noren's poems have appeared in Spoon River Poetry Review, Water-Stone Review, and in other journals. She lives in Minneapolis with...
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- Added: Sep 15, 2013
- Length: 01:54
- Purchases: 1
Kevin Zepper is an Associate Professor of English at Minnesota State University - Moorehead. He was recently awarded a writing residency at Starry ...
- Added: Sep 15, 2013
- Length: 03:47
Brenda Hellen lives and works in Northfield, Minnesota. She's a mother of three, has an MFA in Creative Writing from Minnesota State University, Ma...
- Added: Sep 13, 2013
- Length: 02:17
Sharon Chmielarz has been published in literary magazines nationwide. Chmielarz has published travel memoirs and three children's picture books. An...
- Added: Sep 13, 2013
- Length: 02:25
Dennis Herschbach is a northern Minnesota writer whose poems have won awards in national contests. He is also the author of a number of fiction and...
- Added: Sep 13, 2013
- Length: 02:07
Marsh Muirhead is a well-known Bemidji poet who published his newest collection of Haiku, "Her Cold Martini," during July of 2013. Here, Marsh read...
- Added: Sep 09, 2013
- Length: 01:01
Julia Klatt-Singer writes, and paints, and walks the dog. Her work can be found online and heard on The Real Phonic Radio Hour. The Beat is a daily...
- Added: Sep 09, 2013
- Length: 01:53
Mark Maire is a retired reference and technical services librarian who's lived in Duluth for most of his adult life. His poems have been published ...
- Added: Sep 09, 2013
- Length: 01:41
Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Berryman's Hands." The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesot...
- Added: Sep 09, 2013
- Length: 02:03
Renee Loehr is a part-time freelance writer, a mother of three, and grandmother of eight, who lives in Moorhead. She's published numerous poems, es...
- Added: Sep 09, 2013
- Length: 01:38
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: Sep 09, 2013
- Length: 02:09
Jesse Dermody lives in the woods north of Duluth in a cabin right next to his brother Ryan's cabin. Together they are the band The Brothers Burn Mo...
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- Added: Sep 09, 2013
- Length: 02:04
- Purchases: 1
Duluth writer Connie Wanek is the author of three books, most recently "On Speaking Terms" from Copper Canyon Press. She has received several award...
- Added: Sep 09, 2013
- Length: 01:58
Sharon Harris is a member of the Jackpine Writer's Block, and a native of Park Rapids. She has published three books of poetry. The Beat is a daily...
- Added: Sep 08, 2013
- Length: 01:43
Will Weaver retired from 24 years as a professor at Bemidji State University to write full time. He has published something like a dozen books, fic...
- Added: Sep 07, 2013
- Length: 01:59
