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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: &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>How one Adironack mystery novel came to be</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21400/20130207/how-one-adironack-mystery-novel-came-to-be</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 7, 2013) Like the protagonist in his debut novel, Here Be Monsters, Jamie Sheffield spent his childhood in New York City, and &quot;escaped&quot; to the Adirondacks later in life.   Sheffield spent most of last summer writing his mystery that pitches Tyler Cunningham, an unconventional hero, into a criminal whirlwind for which he is unprepared. Todd Moe talks with the Lake Clear writer about his first book, and the process of writing and publishing. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21400/20130207/how-one-adironack-mystery-novel-came-to-be">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 07 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Todd Moe</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Like the protagonist in his debut novel, Here Be Monsters, Jamie Sheffield spent his childhood in New York City, and &quot;escaped&quot; to the Adirondacks later in life.   Sheffield spent most of last summer writing his mystery that pitches Tyler Cunningham, an unconventional hero, into a criminal whirlwind for which he is unprepared. Todd Moe talks with the Lake Clear writer about his first book, and the process of writing and publishing. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21400/20130207/how-one-adironack-mystery-novel-came-to-be">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>09:16</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>arts, books, literature, authors, photolead, adirondacks, lake clear, mystery, sheffield, [loc:44.3675000 -74.2330560], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Books:  &quot;London Underground&quot;</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21052/20121211/books-quot-london-underground-quot</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 11, 2012) Canton writer Chris Angus has written another historical thriller.  In London Underground, a search for hidden treasures and artifacts leads several citizens beneath London&apos;s underground.  The novel includes secrets, spies, an ancient disease and a Nazi V-2 rocket.  He told Todd Moe that London is one of his favorite cities. Chris will sign copies of his book on Saturday, December 15th, at the Brewer Bookstore in Canton, from 1 - 3 pm. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21052/20121211/books-quot-london-underground-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Todd Moe</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[Canton writer Chris Angus has written another historical thriller.  In London Underground, a search for hidden treasures and artifacts leads several citizens beneath London&apos;s underground.  The novel includes secrets, spies, an ancient disease and a Nazi V-2 rocket.  He told Todd Moe that London is one of his favorite cities. Chris will sign copies of his book on Saturday, December 15th, at the Brewer Bookstore in Canton, from 1 - 3 pm. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21052/20121211/books-quot-london-underground-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>06:50</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>arts, books, literature, authors, angus, thriller, mystery, history, london, photolead, [loc:44.5956163 -75.1690942], topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Books: &quot;American Youth&quot;</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21019/20121206/books-quot-american-youth-quot</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Dec 6, 2012) &quot;Readers and Writers&quot; co-host Chris Robinson talks with Phil LaMarche about his book, American Youth. LaMarche is a professor of English at SUNY-Canton and directs the Living Writers Series.His debut novel has won wide acclaim. It&apos;s the tale of a teenager in southern New England who is confronted by a terrible moral dilemma following a firearms accident in his home. This tragedy earns him the admiration of a gang of boys at his school.  It&apos;s been called a classic portrait of a young man struggling with the idea of identity and responsibility. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21019/20121206/books-quot-american-youth-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Readers &amp; Writers</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[&quot;Readers and Writers&quot; co-host Chris Robinson talks with Phil LaMarche about his book, American Youth. LaMarche is a professor of English at SUNY-Canton and directs the Living Writers Series.His debut novel has won wide acclaim. It&apos;s the tale of a teenager in southern New England who is confronted by a terrible moral dilemma following a firearms accident in his home. This tragedy earns him the admiration of a gang of boys at his school.  It&apos;s been called a classic portrait of a young man struggling with the idea of identity and responsibility. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/21019/20121206/books-quot-american-youth-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>08:55</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>photolead, arts, authors, books, literature, lamarche, canton, writing, [loc:44.5956163 -75.1690942], topstory</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>Poet finds meaning in &quot;Makebelieve&quot;</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19980/20120614/poet-finds-meaning-in-quot-makebelieve-quot</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Jun 14, 2012) A writer from Lake Placid has published a new collection of poetry that draws its characters and themes from a legendary theme park in Upper Jay. Caitlin Scholl’s second book, “Makebelieve,” was released earlier this year by UNO Press as part of the company’s Contemporary Poetry Series.The book was released not long after Tropical Storm Irene destroyed the last standing structures of Arto Monaco’s Land of Makebelieve. The pages of Scholl’s poetry collection include images of the theme park, and one of the narrative’s characters, Art Mastro, is based in large part on Monaco himself.Chris Morris caught up with Scholl to tour what remains of Monaco’s fantasy world and talk about  how it inspires her as a poet and artist. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19980/20120614/poet-finds-meaning-in-quot-makebelieve-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Chris Morris</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[A writer from Lake Placid has published a new collection of poetry that draws its characters and themes from a legendary theme park in Upper Jay. Caitlin Scholl’s second book, “Makebelieve,” was released earlier this year by UNO Press as part of the company’s Contemporary Poetry Series.The book was released not long after Tropical Storm Irene destroyed the last standing structures of Arto Monaco’s Land of Makebelieve. The pages of Scholl’s poetry collection include images of the theme park, and one of the narrative’s characters, Art Mastro, is based in large part on Monaco himself.Chris Morris caught up with Scholl to tour what remains of Monaco’s fantasy world and talk about  how it inspires her as a poet and artist. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19980/20120614/poet-finds-meaning-in-quot-makebelieve-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>06:17</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>arts, adirondacks, weather, irene, poetry, literature, books, [loc:44.3364359 -73.7756963], photolead, topstory</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Saranac Review poems nominated for Pushcart Prize</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19859/20120522/saranac-review-poems-nominated-for-pushcart-prize</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (May 22, 2012) The Saranac Review is a literary journal published at SUNY Plattsburgh.  Since 2004, the journal has slowly built a name for itself in the literary community. And this spring it received a big honor: two poems featured in the journal were nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prize. Sarah Harris has our story. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19859/20120522/saranac-review-poems-nominated-for-pushcart-prize">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Sarah Harris</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[The Saranac Review is a literary journal published at SUNY Plattsburgh.  Since 2004, the journal has slowly built a name for itself in the literary community. And this spring it received a big honor: two poems featured in the journal were nominated for the prestigious Pushcart Prize. Sarah Harris has our story. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19859/20120522/saranac-review-poems-nominated-for-pushcart-prize">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>04:48</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>literature, education, suny plattsburgh, plattsburgh, chpv, arts, books, writers, [loc:44.6887994 -73.4697613], topstory, photolead</itunes:keywords>
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<title>Book review: &quot;Happy Life&quot;</title>
<link>http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19314/20120215/book-review-quot-happy-life-quot</link>
<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 15, 2012) In his new book, Happy Life, Vermont poet David Budbill uses the ancient Chinese poets as inspiration. Our book reviewer, Betsy Kepes, reflects on Budbill&apos;s reflections. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19314/20120215/book-review-quot-happy-life-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<itunes:author>NCPR: Betsy Kepes</itunes:author>
<itunes:summary><![CDATA[In his new book, Happy Life, Vermont poet David Budbill uses the ancient Chinese poets as inspiration. Our book reviewer, Betsy Kepes, reflects on Budbill&apos;s reflections. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19314/20120215/book-review-quot-happy-life-quot">full story</a></strong>]]]></itunes:summary>
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<itunes:duration>03:57</itunes:duration>
<itunes:keywords>arts, books, bookreview, literature, reviews, budbill, poetry, vermont, chinese, topstory, [loc:44.5755556 -72.4755556]</itunes:keywords>
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