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Hi, I’m Marjory Hall from Goodwell, Oklahoma with a Summer BookByte! Sometimes life gives us unexpected bonuses, like when you find a $20 bill forgotten in a pocket or when your favorite store has a buy one/get one special. For me, Olivia Hawker’s novel The Stars and Their Light was just that sort of happy surprise.
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This week's episode features piano concertos by Florence Price, Sergei Prokofiev, and Maurice Ravel!
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Looking for a plant that'll provide you with seeds and pollinators, AND help you remove heavy metals from your soil? What you're seeking is the sunflower, and this week, we'll talk about which types to grow (they're not ALL tall and thin...), and how to get the most out of your crop!
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Hi. I’m Chera Hammons, a poet from Amarillo, Texas, here for Poets on the Plains. It’s a beautiful morning and the birds are singing. I’m sharing a poem with you today by former Texas Panhandle resident Allison Adelle Hedge Coke. Though she doesn’t live here anymore, this place is still an important part of her work, which often calls back to her time here on the High Plains.
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Hi, I’m Tara Shaw from Minneapolis—though I grew up in Kansas and have been a longtime HPPR listener. My summer reading recommendation is Who Is Government? by Michael Lewis—and it’s exactly the book we need right now.
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For High Plains Polar Radio Readers Club, I'm Shane Timson in Colby, Kansas.Today, I'm talking about the book Dust Bowl, The Southern Plains in the 1930s by Donald Worster. This book is a fascinating read because I have studied this topic probably more than any other since moving to Kansas in 1986.
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This is Jennifer Kassebaum, owner of Flint Hills Books in Council Grove Kansas, for High Plains Public Radio Reader’s Summer Book Club Reading List. Summer reading means different things for different people, but a good book is always in season. That is why I selected SIPSWORTH by Simon Van Booy as a book to review this summer for High Plains Public Radio.
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Tune in this week to hear violin concertos by Erich Korngold and Antonín Dvořák!
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I’m Leslie Barrett and this is a Radio Readers BookByte from High Plains Public Radio. I’ve just read Dangerous Latitudes, a historical spy novel by Jack Woodville London, a historian and award-winning author from Groom, located in the Texas panhandle.
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Get out and drop a line early in the day, and you'll be able to catch your own lunch!
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You spend so much time and effort for the best growth in your garden, why risk damaging your vegetables just before you eat them? How you handle your cut vegetables immediately after harvesting can make a big difference in flavor and longevity. This week, we'll talk about the best ways to cut them, and how best to store these different items afterward.
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Hi, my name is Matt Mason, I am the State Poet of Nebraska, here for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’m here with Nebraska poet Sarah McKinstry-Brown’s poem “In the Sixth Month.”