“A tree in rural Iowa bears witness to generations of human experience and deadly secrets.” This same tree seemingly holds a curse--unexplainable things happen to people who try to remove the tree. Amy Pendino’s debut novel is The Witness Tree --it’s the story of two women, generations apart, and the mystery behind how each are connected to this tree and its curse. Amy is a Minnesota writer, she’s been published in several regional magazines, she taught middle school English for many years, but

Dave Eggers is the critically acclaimed author of numerous works of non-fiction and books for young readers, his novels including A Hologram for the King and The Circle , which was recently adapted into a film starring Tom Hanks. His new book is The Captain and the Glory . The last captain of the great ship The Glory has stepped down and a brash and boastful man with no experience, no knowledge of navigation, and who has often complained about not even liking boats, steps forward to take over

Jordan Shearer is a reporter with the Bemidji Pioneer and a fellow book lover. And today’s he’s going to talk about coming of age stories and three of his favorite books.

Author Tom Clavin has written a book about one of the most interesting historical figures you’ve never heard of--Eugene Bullard, the world’s first African American fighter pilot and legend extraordinaire.

Author Tom Clavin's new book All Blood Runs Red: The legendary life of Eugene Bullard; Minnesota writer, Amy Pendino and her debut novel -- a mystery set in the farmlands of Iowa, it’s called The Witness tree; we’ll get a top three books list from one of our community members, Jordan Shearer from Bemidji will tell us about his favorite coming of age books; critically acclaimed writer, Dave Eggers has a new book out, it’s a scathing satire on contemporary American politics, The Captain and the

The holiday season is upon us and as I was planning my shopping list, I realized that for someone who loves books, I don’t buy them as gifts for anyone. I also don’t receive them as gifts for myself anymore. I think it’s because buying a book as a gift for someone is probably one of the most complicated tasks, fraught with uncertainty, overthinking, and the fear of rejection: Have they already read it? Will they like it? What if they don’t read it? Worse, yet, what if they hate it? Is there

When you tune into KAXE/KBXE you hear about local arts in the communities of northern MN. Often that can be converations about local theatre productions. Whether it’s the Northern Lights opera company in Park Rapids, the Grand Rapids Players , B emidji Community Theater , Stage North and Central Lakes College Theater i n Brainerd, Mesabi Musical Theater , Northern Lights Musical Theater , Ely Community Theater, Edge Center for the Arts in Bigfork theater productions, Greater Lakes Area

This week Marshall Helmberger talked with Scott Hall about updates on the Twin Metals project - the proposed copper nickel mine near the Boundary Waters. REGIONAL— Twin Metals Minnesota has submitted a mine plan to the Department of Natural Resources, a milestone that may one day lead to sulfide-based copper-nickel mining near the edge of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, near Ely. The proposal, released by Twin Metals on Wednesday, calls for a 20,000 ton-per-day underground mining

Taking time to contemplate what is happening in nature is one of the many aspects of Northern Community Radio that sets us apart from any other radio station. Each day we bring you a phenology note where our resident phenologist John Latimer shares a note from his journals of more than 35 years of climate and nature data collection. Each Tuesday we dig even deeper with the full Phenology Report.

During our Phenology Talkback segment every Tuesday we hear about what school kids and adults are noticing outside. This week the reports included lessons in ice safety and tree identification as well as observations of mouse prints in the snow, porcupines altering their feeding habits, feathered friends, squirrels and ice skating.