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<itunes:summary>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.</itunes:summary>
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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>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>
<itunes:keywords>arts, review, books, kepes, economy, ottawa, canada, [loc:45.4215296 -75.6971931], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Book review: &quot;Mudwoman&quot;</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19999/20120619/book-review-quot-mudwoman-quot</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 19, 2012) In the opening scene of Joyce Carol Oates&apos; new novel, Mudwoman, a religiously deranged woman sacrifices her young daughter, throwing her into the mud flats of the fictional &quot;Black Snake River,&quot; in the Adirondack fooothills.  Betsy Kepes has this review. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19999/20120619/book-review-quot-mudwoman-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Betsy Kepes</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In the opening scene of Joyce Carol Oates&apos; new novel, Mudwoman, a religiously deranged woman sacrifices her young daughter, throwing her into the mud flats of the fictional &quot;Black Snake River,&quot; in the Adirondack fooothills.  Betsy Kepes has this review. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19999/20120619/book-review-quot-mudwoman-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>04:18</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>arts, books, review, kepes, oates, mudwoman, moriah, adirondacks, [loc:44.0461658 -73.5051262], photolead, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Book review: Twin</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19794/20120508/book-review-twin</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (May 8, 2012) When Vermont writer Allen Shawn was eight years old, his parents placed his twin sister Mary into an institution for disabled children.  In his new memoir Shawn explores how that loss has shaped his life. Betsy Kepes has this review of Twin. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19794/20120508/book-review-twin">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 08 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Betsy Kepes</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[When Vermont writer Allen Shawn was eight years old, his parents placed his twin sister Mary into an institution for disabled children.  In his new memoir Shawn explores how that loss has shaped his life. Betsy Kepes has this review of Twin. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19794/20120508/book-review-twin">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>08:03</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>arts, books, reviews, kepes, twin, shawn, vermont, [loc:42.8780940 -73.1968001], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Magic, charm in new teen novel</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19609/20120404/magic-charm-in-new-teen-novel</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Apr 4, 2012) Many of us read The Secret Garden when we were kids. Children&apos;s author Ellen Potter takes that story and sets it in the Thousand Islands in her new book The Humming Room. Her characters live in an old children&apos;s sanatorium on an island the locals call &quot;Cough Rock.&quot; Our book reviewer Betsy Kepes spoke with Ellen Potter about her latest novel. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19609/20120404/magic-charm-in-new-teen-novel">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Many of us read The Secret Garden when we were kids. Children&apos;s author Ellen Potter takes that story and sets it in the Thousand Islands in her new book The Humming Room. Her characters live in an old children&apos;s sanatorium on an island the locals call &quot;Cough Rock.&quot; Our book reviewer Betsy Kepes spoke with Ellen Potter about her latest novel. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19609/20120404/magic-charm-in-new-teen-novel">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>05:45</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>arts, books, kepes, potter, tijf, thousand islands, st. lawrence river, teens, [loc:44.5530213 -74.9395061], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Book review: &quot;Ethan Allen, His Life and Times&quot;</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19024/20111229/book-review-quot-ethan-allen-his-life-and-times-quot</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 29, 2011) Vermont might have become the eastern side of New York State if it hadn&apos;t been for the bold action of patriot and land speculator Ethan Allen.  Betsy Kepes reviews William Sterne Randall&apos;s new biography of Vermont&apos;s first hero. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19024/20111229/book-review-quot-ethan-allen-his-life-and-times-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Betsy Kepes</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Vermont might have become the eastern side of New York State if it hadn&apos;t been for the bold action of patriot and land speculator Ethan Allen.  Betsy Kepes reviews William Sterne Randall&apos;s new biography of Vermont&apos;s first hero. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19024/20111229/book-review-quot-ethan-allen-his-life-and-times-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>03:52</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>arts, books, reviews, vermont, ethan allen, kepes, literature,  chpv, [loc:44.5530213 -74.9395061], photolead, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Book review: &quot;Breakfast at the Exit Cafe&quot;</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18961/20111216/book-review-quot-breakfast-at-the-exit-cafe-quot</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 16, 2011) Though Canadian writers Merilyn Simonds and Wayne Grady live near the border in Kingston, Ontario neither of them had traveled in the United States.  A long road trip seemed an excellent way to explore the landscape and attitudes of their southern neighbor.  Betsy Kepes has this review of their new book, Breakfast at the Exit Cafe. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18961/20111216/book-review-quot-breakfast-at-the-exit-cafe-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Betsy Kepes</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Though Canadian writers Merilyn Simonds and Wayne Grady live near the border in Kingston, Ontario neither of them had traveled in the United States.  A long road trip seemed an excellent way to explore the landscape and attitudes of their southern neighbor.  Betsy Kepes has this review of their new book, Breakfast at the Exit Cafe. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18961/20111216/book-review-quot-breakfast-at-the-exit-cafe-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>03:44</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>arts, books, kepes, kingston, ontario, canada, writers, [loc:44.2311717 -76.4859544], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Book review: &quot;The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want&quot;</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18598/20111014/book-review-quot-the-unwanted-sound-of-everything-we-want-quot</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Oct 14, 2011) Vermont writer Garret Keizer lives in a quiet part of the world, but his new book,  The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want, explores the history of noise.  He writes that noise equals power, and problems, in the industrialized world.  Betsy Kepes has this review. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18598/20111014/book-review-quot-the-unwanted-sound-of-everything-we-want-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Book Review</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Vermont writer Garret Keizer lives in a quiet part of the world, but his new book,  The Unwanted Sound of Everything We Want, explores the history of noise.  He writes that noise equals power, and problems, in the industrialized world.  Betsy Kepes has this review. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18598/20111014/book-review-quot-the-unwanted-sound-of-everything-we-want-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>03:59</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>arts, books, kepes, keizer, noise, vermont, [loc:44.2600593 -72.5753869], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Book Review: &quot;Secrets of Eden&quot;</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18364/20110907/book-review-quot-secrets-of-eden-quot</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Sep 7, 2011) Chris Bohjalian sets his twelfth novel in a fictional Vermont town shocked by a murder-suicide.  Betsy Kepes has this review of Secrets of Eden. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18364/20110907/book-review-quot-secrets-of-eden-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 07 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Book Review</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Chris Bohjalian sets his twelfth novel in a fictional Vermont town shocked by a murder-suicide.  Betsy Kepes has this review of Secrets of Eden. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/18364/20110907/book-review-quot-secrets-of-eden-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>03:32</itunes:duration>
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