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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Susan Carol Hauser is a poet, essayist, and natural history writer who recently retired from her position at Bemidji State University. She's won th...
- Added: Feb 20, 2013
- Length: 01:45
Dallas Crow's work has appeared in Tar River Poetry and Poet Lore. His book, "Small, Imperfect Paradise," is due out from Parallel Press this year....
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- Added: Jan 30, 2013
- Length: 02:22
- Purchases: 1
Tammy Brown is the recipient of a 2011-2012 Loft Literary Center Mentor Series Award. She writes regularly for the Minnesota Women's Press and has ...
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- Added: Jan 29, 2013
- Length: 03:18
- Purchases: 1
Gail Rixen has been a finish carpenter, a health care aid, and she currently farms near Nebish, Minnesota. Rixen has published three books of poetr...
- Added: Jan 29, 2013
- Length: 02:22
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: Jan 29, 2013
- Length: 02:34
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: Jan 29, 2013
- Length: 01:32
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...
- Added: Jan 29, 2013
- Length: 02:40
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: Jan 29, 2013
- Length: 02:04
Mary Finch is an essayist, Newspaper Columnist, and a poet living in Deer River, Minnesota. The Beat is a daily reminder that, in Minnesota poetry ...
- Added: Jan 29, 2013
- Length: 01:41
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: Jan 24, 2013
- Length: 01:38
Cheryl Wilke was born and raised on the prairie in small town central Minnesota. She's been published in The Talking Stick, Lake Region Review, and...
- Added: Jan 24, 2013
- Length: 02:23
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: Jan 24, 2013
- Length: 01:39
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: Jan 24, 2013
- Length: 01:55
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: Jan 24, 2013
- Length: 02:16
Bill Caldwell is a nurse, a therapist, and a poet. Much of what he knows about poetry is related to classes at The Loft at the Minnesota Center for...
- Added: Jan 24, 2013
- Length: 03:08
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...
- Added: Jan 24, 2013
- Length: 02:50
Yahya Fredrickson got his undergraduate degree from Moorehead State University, his MFA in Creative Writing from the University of Montana, and his...
- Added: Jan 24, 2013
- Length: 02:44
Julie Gard is a prose poet that lives in Duluth and teaches writing at the University of Wisconsin-Superior. She writes about art, travel, family, ...
- Added: Jan 24, 2013
- Length: 02:08
Ann Niedringhaus is a Duluth poet who has been widely published in journals and anthologies. She belongs to a Duluth writers group that is currentl...
- Added: Jan 22, 2013
- Length: 02:08
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
