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<title>NCPR Feeds: ALL stories filed by Betsy Kepes</title>
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<description>News stories from the Adirondack North Country filed by Betsy Kepes</description>
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<itunes:summary>News stories from the Adirondack North Country filed by Betsy Kepes</itunes:summary>
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<description>NCPR provides locally-produced news stories from around the Adirondack and North Country regions of New York State, as well as Western Vermont, and Ontario and Quebec in Canada.</description>
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<title>How a canoe sparked a trek and a book</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22028/20130522/how-a-canoe-sparked-a-trek-and-a-book</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (May 22, 2013) Almost twenty years ago, Christine Jerome and her husband paddled a weeks-long canoe route through the Adirondacks.  They followed the path of a nineteenth-century writer and outdoorsman, George Washington Sears, known as Nessmuk to his readers.  Our book reviewer, Betsy Kepes, spoke to Chris about the new edition of her book An Adirondack Passage, the Cruise of the Canoe Sairy Gamp. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22028/20130522/how-a-canoe-sparked-a-trek-and-a-book">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Betsy Kepes</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Almost twenty years ago, Christine Jerome and her husband paddled a weeks-long canoe route through the Adirondacks.  They followed the path of a nineteenth-century writer and outdoorsman, George Washington Sears, known as Nessmuk to his readers.  Our book reviewer, Betsy Kepes, spoke to Chris about the new edition of her book An Adirondack Passage, the Cruise of the Canoe Sairy Gamp. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/22028/20130522/how-a-canoe-sparked-a-trek-and-a-book">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>06:39</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>arts, books, authors, adirondacks, outdoor recreation, canoe, nessmuk, rushton, journey, history, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Book review: &quot;Peak Experiences&quot;</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21977/20130514/book-review-quot-peak-experiences-quot</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (May 14, 2013) The mountains of the northeast attract hikers to their rocky summits.  What happens, though, when something goes wrong?  Carol Stone White collected over 50 essays in her new book, Peak Experiences - Danger, Death, and Daring in the Mountains of the Northeast.  Betsy Kepes as this review. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21977/20130514/book-review-quot-peak-experiences-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Betsy Kepes</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The mountains of the northeast attract hikers to their rocky summits.  What happens, though, when something goes wrong?  Carol Stone White collected over 50 essays in her new book, Peak Experiences - Danger, Death, and Daring in the Mountains of the Northeast.  Betsy Kepes as this review. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21977/20130514/book-review-quot-peak-experiences-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>03:40</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>arts, outdoors, bookreview, mountains, adirondacks, books, literature, environment, topstory, photolead</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Book Review:  &quot;Safekeeping&quot;</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21702/20130327/book-review-quot-safekeeping-quot</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 27, 2013) Vermont author, Karen Hesse, earned the Newbery Medal and a MacArthur Fellowship.  Her new book for Young Adults is set in Vermont and explores a world gone wrong.  Betsy Kepes has this review of Safekeeping. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21702/20130327/book-review-quot-safekeeping-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Betsy Kepes</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Vermont author, Karen Hesse, earned the Newbery Medal and a MacArthur Fellowship.  Her new book for Young Adults is set in Vermont and explores a world gone wrong.  Betsy Kepes has this review of Safekeeping. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21702/20130327/book-review-quot-safekeeping-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>03:18</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>arts, books, bookreview, vermont, hesse, young adult, fiction, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Review: girls in sports books</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21234/20130111/review-girls-in-sports-books</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 11, 2013) Two new books by writers with ties to the Adirondacks feature girls in elite level sports.  Betsy Kepes reviews Soccerland by Beth Choat and Sugar and Ice by Kate Messner. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21234/20130111/review-girls-in-sports-books">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Betsy Kepes</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Two new books by writers with ties to the Adirondacks feature girls in elite level sports.  Betsy Kepes reviews Soccerland by Beth Choat and Sugar and Ice by Kate Messner. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21234/20130111/review-girls-in-sports-books">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>04:00</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>books, reviews, sports, girls, athletics, adirondacks, teens, soccer, skating, photolead, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Books:  &quot;Man of War&quot;</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21143/20121226/books-quot-man-of-war-quot</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 26, 2012) What would it have been like to fight in the Roman Legion or row a cargo boat down the St. Lawrence River, or march to Stalingrad during World War II?  Charlie Schroeder writes of his experiences as a re-enactor in his book, Man of War. Our book reviewer, Betsy Kepes, talked with Schroeder from his home in Hong Kong. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21143/20121226/books-quot-man-of-war-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Betsy Kepes</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[What would it have been like to fight in the Roman Legion or row a cargo boat down the St. Lawrence River, or march to Stalingrad during World War II?  Charlie Schroeder writes of his experiences as a re-enactor in his book, Man of War. Our book reviewer, Betsy Kepes, talked with Schroeder from his home in Hong Kong. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21143/20121226/books-quot-man-of-war-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>08:16</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>arts, authors, books, schroeder, reenactors, history, topstory, photolead</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Books: &quot;Eating the Bread of this World&quot;</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21099/20121218/books-quot-eating-the-bread-of-this-world-quot</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 18, 2012) North Country visual artist and sculptor Becky Harblin included her poetry in a recent exhibit at the St. Lawrence County Arts Council in Potsdam.  At the opening, poet and publisher Albert Glover asked if he could publish the poems.  The result of their collaboration is a slim book of poetry titled, Eating the Bread of this World.  Our book reviewer, Betsy Kepes, talks with Becky Harblin about her new book. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21099/20121218/books-quot-eating-the-bread-of-this-world-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Betsy Kepes</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[North Country visual artist and sculptor Becky Harblin included her poetry in a recent exhibit at the St. Lawrence County Arts Council in Potsdam.  At the opening, poet and publisher Albert Glover asked if he could publish the poems.  The result of their collaboration is a slim book of poetry titled, Eating the Bread of this World.  Our book reviewer, Betsy Kepes, talks with Becky Harblin about her new book. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21099/20121218/books-quot-eating-the-bread-of-this-world-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>08:21</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>arts, books, authors, poetry, harblin, environment, nature, stlv, glover, [loc:44.6870036 -75.0896460], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Book review: Half-blood Blues</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21060/20121212/book-review-half-blood-blues</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 12, 2012) Each year, one Canadian author receives the Giller Prize, Canada&apos;s premier literary award for fiction in English.  In 2011, the novel Half-blood Blues by Esi Edugyan won the prestigious award.  Betsy Kepes has this review. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21060/20121212/book-review-half-blood-blues">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Betsy Kepes</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Each year, one Canadian author receives the Giller Prize, Canada&apos;s premier literary award for fiction in English.  In 2011, the novel Half-blood Blues by Esi Edugyan won the prestigious award.  Betsy Kepes has this review. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21060/20121212/book-review-half-blood-blues">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>04:07</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>arts, books, bookreview, canada, music, jazz, kepes, [loc:44.5530213 -74.9395061], photolead, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Preview:  Kingston WritersFest</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20550/20120926/preview-kingston-writersfest</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 26, 2012) Writers and readers are gathering in Kingston this week for the annual celebration of books and writing. NCPR&apos;s book reviewer Betsy Kepes spoke with artistic director Merilyn Simonds, who says the event includes with both emerging and world class authors. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20550/20120926/preview-kingston-writersfest">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 26 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Betsy Kepes</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Writers and readers are gathering in Kingston this week for the annual celebration of books and writing. NCPR&apos;s book reviewer Betsy Kepes spoke with artistic director Merilyn Simonds, who says the event includes with both emerging and world class authors. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20550/20120926/preview-kingston-writersfest">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>06:09</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>arts, books, writers, readers, authors, kingston, ontario, canada, [loc:44.2311717 -76.4859544], topstory, photolead</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Review: &quot;The Great Northern Express&quot;</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20439/20120907/review-quot-the-great-northern-express-quot</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 7, 2012) In the year he turned 65 and was treated for prostrate cancer, Vermont writer Howard Frank Mosher took a summer to travel around the country for a book tour, driving his twenty-year-old Chevy Celebrity.  In 65 very short chapters, Mosher reflects on that trip and looks back to 1964, the first year he lived in Vermont&apos;s Northeast Kingdom.  Betsy Kepes has this review of Mosher&apos;s new memoir, The Great Northern Express. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20439/20120907/review-quot-the-great-northern-express-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 07 Sep 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Betsy Kepes</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the year he turned 65 and was treated for prostrate cancer, Vermont writer Howard Frank Mosher took a summer to travel around the country for a book tour, driving his twenty-year-old Chevy Celebrity.  In 65 very short chapters, Mosher reflects on that trip and looks back to 1964, the first year he lived in Vermont&apos;s Northeast Kingdom.  Betsy Kepes has this review of Mosher&apos;s new memoir, The Great Northern Express. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20439/20120907/review-quot-the-great-northern-express-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>03:59</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>arts, books, review, literature, vermont, northeast kingdom, mosher, travel, memoir, chpv, [loc:44.5530213 -74.9395061], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Book review: &quot;Future Babble&quot;</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20352/20120822/book-review-quot-future-babble-quot</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Aug 22, 2012) Ottawa writer Dan Gardner doesn&apos;t have much use for experts who forecast the economic future.  He says their predictions are less likely to be correct than a coin toss.  Betsy Kepes has this review of Gardner&apos;s new book, Future Babble. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20352/20120822/book-review-quot-future-babble-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 22 Aug 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Betsy Kepes</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Ottawa writer Dan Gardner doesn&apos;t have much use for experts who forecast the economic future.  He says their predictions are less likely to be correct than a coin toss.  Betsy Kepes has this review of Gardner&apos;s new book, Future Babble. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/20352/20120822/book-review-quot-future-babble-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>03:31</itunes:duration>
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