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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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: Sep 07, 2013
- Length: 01:38
Mark Christensen is a published author, and a long time educator. He is Professor of English at Bemidji State University where is particular intere...
- Added: Sep 07, 2013
- Length: 02:03
Shanthi Siva is originally from India, and now lives in Rochester Minnesota with her family. She has a Masters Degree in English Language and Liter...
- Added: Sep 23, 2013
- Length: 02:01
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 05, 2013
- Length: 04:49
Julie Hart grew up in Rochester, Minnesota. She went to Carlton College, and has been pursuing her education ever since...to the ends of the earth....
- Added: Sep 04, 2013
- Length: 02:15
Dean Brooks graduated from Bemidji State University in 2012 with a degree in Creative Writing. He looks for inspiration in dusty corners, early mor...
- Added: Sep 03, 2013
- Length: 02:09
Lorie Yourd is a retired educator and a dedicated advocate for the arts living in the Bemidji area. Here she reads her poem "Aggies." The Beat is a...
- Added: Sep 03, 2013
- Length: 01:44
LouAnn Shepard Muhm is a widely published poet and teacher living in northern Minnesota. She has been featured in the mnartists.org series "What Li...
- Added: Sep 03, 2013
- Length: 01:44
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: Sep 03, 2013
- Length: 04:13
James C. Henderson is a graduate of Metropolitan State University's Creative Writing program, and Hamline University's MFA program. He lives in New...
- Added: Sep 03, 2013
- Length: 03:18
Murial Keaveny is retired, and didn't start writing poetry until she was sixty-five years old. She's attended several writing workshops over the ye...
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- Added: Sep 02, 2013
- Length: 01:56
- Purchases: 1
Charmaine Donovan makes her living as a Chemical Dependency Counselor in the Brainerd area. She's a member of numerous regional and national writer...
- Added: Aug 30, 2013
- Length: 01:51
Mike Forbes is a Bemidji area writer. He's been published in Fire Ring, The Talking Stick, The Poet's Touch Stone, Voices For the Land, among other...
- Added: Aug 30, 2013
- Length: 02:06
Melissa Fletcher makes her home in the Twin Cities. Her poems and short stories have been published both locally, and nationally. The Beat is a dai...
- Added: Aug 30, 2013
- Length: 03:29
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: Aug 30, 2013
- Length: 01:52
Mark Christensen is a published author, and a long time educator. He is Professor of English at Bemidji State University where is particular intere...
- Added: Aug 30, 2013
- Length: 01:46
The literal translation of Julia Helene Oxenreider is: Youthful, changing soft-haired sunlight riding ox. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Min...
- Added: Aug 30, 2013
- Length: 02:24
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: Aug 30, 2013
- Length: 02:02
Teri Blair is a writer and teacher who lives in Minneapolis. Her favorite book is "Plainsong". She'd live on chocolate ice cream if she could get...
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- Added: Aug 23, 2013
- Length: 02:06
- Purchases: 1
Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Two Reasons To Keep This Poem." The Beat is a daily reminder that...
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- Added: Aug 11, 2013
- Length: 02:50
- Purchases: 1
