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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Michelle Mathees has received a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, Intermedia Arts in Minneapolis. The Jerome Foundation, and the Arrowhead...
- Added: Nov 14, 2012
- Length: 02:05
Anna Ingalls is a high school student in Bemidji. Recently she stopped into the Northern Community Radio studios in Bemidji and recorded some poems...
- Added: Nov 14, 2012
- Length: 01:11
Nikki Anderson-Weir is a high school student in Bemidji. Recently she stopped into the Northern Community Radio studios in Bemidji and recorded som...
- Added: Nov 14, 2012
- Length: 01:08
Anna Ingalls is a high school student in Bemidji. Recently she stopped into the Northern Community Radio studios in Bemidji and recorded some poems...
- Added: Nov 14, 2012
- Length: 01:06
Nikki Anderson-Weir is a high school student in Bemidji. Recently she stopped into the Northern Community Radio studios in Bemidji and recorded som...
- Added: Nov 14, 2012
- Length: 01:52
Anna Ingalls is a high school student in Bemidji. Recently she stopped into the Northern Community Radio studios in Bemidji and recorded some poems...
- Added: Nov 14, 2012
- Length: 01:50
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: Nov 13, 2012
- Length: 02:29
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: Nov 13, 2012
- Length: 03:33
Deborah Cooper has recently been named the fourth Poet Laureate of Duluth. Here the Producer of The Beat, Steve Downing reads her poem "Tikkun (Heb...
- Added: Nov 13, 2012
- Length: 02:26
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: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 01:45
Anne Dunn is an Ojibwe storyteller, writer, and poet. Following Paul Wellstone's death she wrote this poem to honor his legacy.
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 02:03
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: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 01:39
Amy Clark is a native Iowan and recent transplant to Northern Minnesota. She is a poet, essayist, university instructor, and sometimes producer fo...
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 02:20
Jon Dallas is a poet living in Chisholm, Minnesota. Jon's poetry has appeared in the New Orleans Review, Green Mountain Review, Antigonish Review, ...
- Added: Oct 31, 2012
- Length: 01:54
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: Oct 24, 2012
- Length: 01:32
Sonya Kosler is a poet who lives in Dent, Minnesota. She belongs to the Lakes Area Story Guild, the National Storytelling Network, and the Northlan...
- Added: Oct 24, 2012
- Length: 02:43
Mark Conway is a 2012 recipient of an artist initiative grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. And he is the Director of the Literary Arts Inst...
- Added: Oct 24, 2012
- Length: 02:50
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: Oct 24, 2012
- Length: 01:15
Lorie Yourd is a retired educator and a dedicated advocate for the arts living in the Bemidji area. Here she reads her poem "Broadband." The Beat i...
- Added: Oct 23, 2012
- Length: 02:47
Joyce Sutphen is Minnesota's Poet Laureate. Here Joyce Sutphen recites her poem, "Things You Didn't Put On Your Resume." The Beat is a daily remind...
- Added: Oct 23, 2012
- Length: 02:14
