The winners from the awards were expected to be released Monday, March 12.Īlthough the book awards may have been the radio programs' most recent project, it's ultimate goal was essentially the same as that of the radio programs themselves-to give the community another way to interact with the books they love and to present new options they may never have heard of before.īecause of the array of readers who have joined the group, finding new material to read is never hard to do. One of the more recent steps Northern Community Radio took to incorporate listeners into the process was to host its inaugural book awards, giving listeners the chance to nominate their favorite reads. "They wanted to come up with something that was more about what the community was reading," Bobrowsky said about "What We're Reading." "I love doing that because you get a review of a book from one of our community members in their own voices. Bobrowsky said taking the program into people's homes is a way to create a "community conversation" beyond individual stories, such as why readers collect the books they do and where they choose to read them. In "What We're Reading," Bobrowsky interviews authors, takes listener recommendations and reviews, and even occasionally visits readers homes to get pictures of their bookshelves. The program features genres such as poetry "short-short fiction," and micro-memoirs. On "Wordish," Jevne hosts area writers who read their own writing. On Facebook, readers use the radio station's page to trade recommendations, share articles and post items related to literacy. She has hosted the program for the past 18 years, during which the program has taken a number of different formats. In "Real Good Words," Holtan interviews Minnesota authors. In one way or another, though, the various platforms serve to connect readers with new material, as well as give them some alternate ways to interact with that material.
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Hosted out of different locations, each of the radio programs offers a slightly different flavor.
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The Facebook group is called "KAXE-KBXE What We're Reading." The programs are hosted on 90.5 FM in Bagley and Bemidji, 91.7 FM in Grand Rapids and 89.9 FM in Brainerd. "We realize that you're always looking for something new to read and something someone else recommends," Holtan said "Sometimes just looking through the New York Times Best Seller List doesn't connect in the way a fellow reader who lives here (does)." Heidi Holtan hosts the radio program "Real Good Words," BSU librarian Tammy Bobrowsky hosts "What we're reading," and Robert Jevne hosts "Wordish." Outside the various radio programs, a Facebook-based group associated with "What We're Reading" allows readers to interact with one another and recommend, review, and spread the word about the books they enjoy. Light refreshments, coffee, and snacks will be available.BEMIDJI-Online and over the airwaves, Northern Community Radio has created a community of bookworms where the readers of the world can step out of their own, private nooks to share their love of the written word with one another.
KAXE WORDISH FREE
This event is co-sponsored by KAXE/KBXE and is free and open to the public.
KAXE WORDISH SERIES
The Artist Talks Series takes place on the third Wednesday evening of each month to provide the public the opportunity to meet and learn about regional artists. Join the MacRostie Art Center on Wednesday, September 18th from 6 – 7pm. God Poems, is recently out on Will 'o the Wisp Books. Rival Gardens: New and Selected Poems, published by University of Nebraska Press, and her newest book, Consider the Lilies: Mrs. On Speaking Terms, her third book, was released on January 15, 2010, by Copper Canyon Press. Her second, Hartley Field, appeared in 2002 from Holy Cow! Press. Her first book, Bonfire, won the New Voices Award and was published in 1997 by New Rivers Press. Dodge Poetry Festival in 1996 and at the Aldeburgh Poetry Festival, Aldeburgh, England in 2007.Ĭonnie Wanek's poems have appeared in Poetry, The Atlantic Monthly, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Great River Review, Poetry East, Water-Stone, and many other publications over the years. Louis Jenkins has read his poetry on A Prairie Home Companion and was a featured poet at the Geraldine R. Jenkins was awarded two Bush Foundation Fellowships for poetry, a Loft-McKnight fellowship, and was the 2000 George Morrison Award winner. He has published 17 collections of his poetry. Louis Jenkins' poems have been published in a number of literary magazines and anthologies. The September Artist Talk is co-sponsored by Northern Community Radio, and the evening will also feature readings by KAXE/KBXE poets Steve Downing and Robert Jevne. MacRostie Art Center is pleased to announce in its September series of Artist Talks an evening with Minnesota poets Louis Jenkins and Connie Wanek.