Weekend Program Books Your Personal World (Saturday at 1 p.m.) is airing The Mindfulness Code, by Donald Altman and The Voice, by Dr. Brian Alman; For the Younger Set (Sunday at 11 a.m.) is airing The Big Crunch, by Pete Hautman and Dead End in Norvelt, by Jack Gantos; Poetic Reflections (Sunday at noon) is ...
Book Reviews
November 2011 Issue
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October 2011 Radio Talking Book
For the Younger Set Radio Talking Book's volunteer Arlene Cardozo has retired. For the last twenty years, Arlene has recorded our children’s program, Once Upon A Time. During that time, she has done research on new books for children and become a great resource. We are changing the format of the program with her departure. The ...
Radio Talking Book – September 2011
Our Economy - on the RTB Lately, everywhere that people access the news, they hear stories of economic crisis, both on a state and federal level. Unemployment is increasing, stocks have been somersaulting in value, and economists are adding an extension to the Great Recession. Since the Minnesota Radio Talking Book is one resource of information, the ...
The September 2011 Issue
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Radio Talking Book – August 2011
Life after Government Shutdown When Radio Talking Book staff returned from three weeks of Government Shutdown, we were faced with several problems. The building had been locked so no volunteers had been able to produce programs; all mail delivery to the building had stopped so there were few materials for producing new programs; and the books, ...
Radio Talking Book – July 2011
Possible Government Shutdown The Minnesota Legislature adjourned at midnight on May 23, 2011 without reaching an agreement to appropriate money to fund operations of state government. Unless the legislature reaches agreements soon, the non-critical operations of state agencies may be forced to cease effective July 1, 2011. If this occurs, it is possible that State Services ...
Radio Talking Book – June 2011
Minnesota Book Awards Of the 2011 Minnesota Book Awards, several are books that have been or are being recorded by the Minnesota Radio Talking Book. The Reader’s Choice Award went to Laurie Hertzel for her book, News to Me: Adventures of an Accidental Journalist. The winner in the Novel category was Vestments, by John Reimringer, a ...
Radio Talking Book – May 2011
Books Available Through Faribault Books broadcast on the Minnesota Radio Talking Book Network are available through the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library in Faribault, MN. Their phone is 1-800-722-0550 and hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Their catalog is also online, and you can access it by going to the main website, http://education.state.mn.us, ...
Radio Talking Book – March 2011
DEED's New Commissioner Minnesota Governor Mark Dayton has appointed Mark Phillips to be the new commissioner of the Department of Employment and Economic Development, the umbrella department for the State Services for the Blind. Phillips, who started his duties with the department January 31, brings more than 25 years of demonstrated leadership in development and finance, ...
Radio Talking Book – February 2011
Deployment of the Digital Radios There are currently six transmission sites in Minnesota where we are using our new digital radios: Thief River Falls, Warroad and Roseau, Bemidji, Moorhead, Saint Cloud, and Austin. Any customers of the Radio Talking Book who live in those areas have now been sent a new digital radio and reports ...
Radio Talking Book – January 2011
Braille and Audio Reading Download (BARD) BARD, the National Library Service (NLS) book download site, now has more than 20,000 audio titles and 40 magazines. NLS plans to add braille titles in 2011. To sign up for BARD, the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library (MBTLB) requires you to have high-speed internet connection, an e-mail ...
Radio Talking Book – November 2010
Books Available Through Faribault Books broadcast on the Minnesota Radio Talking Book Network are available through the Minnesota Braille and Talking Book Library in Faribault, MN. Their phone is 1-800-722-0550 and hours are 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Their catalog is also online, and you can access it by going to the main ...
Radio Talking Book – October 2010
Progress with Digital Radios Many people have been eagerly awaiting our new digital radios. Listeners in the Bemidji, Moorhead, Roseau, Warroad, and Thief River Falls area are now listening to us digitally. Recently, the digital conversion was made in St. Cloud and we are in the process of shipping those digital radios to local residents there. ...
Radio Talking Book – August 2010
Program reminder When the Radio Talking Book (RTB) Listener Survey was done in fall 2009, one finding was that many people do not know when they can hear certain programs on the radio. As an example, there was a question “Is there a topic you wish was offered on the radio that is not on now?” ...
Radio Talking Book – July 2010
20th Anniversary of the ADA The White House launched the celebration of the 20th Anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act at the VSA International Festival at the Kennedy Center on June 6. Senior Advisor to President Obama, Valerie Jarrett spoke of President Obama’s commitment to “honoring and enforcing the rights of all people with ...
Radio Talking Book – June 2010
New Book Lineup Begins This Month Last month, we announced that there is a slight change in the book lineup beginning this month. In content, only one of the hours will change, though the names of two programs will look different. The 2 p.m. nonfiction hour is now renamed The Writer’s Voice but the content ...
Radio Talking Book – February 2010
Chautauqua Tuesday - Saturday, 4 a.m. Shop Class as Soulcraft, Nonfiction by Matthew B. Crawford, 2009. As the world becomes more abstract, people often feel a lack of connection to the material world. But manual trades help that connection. Read by Andrew Haukebo. Seven broadcasts. Begins Feb. 24. Past is Prologue Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. The Last Days of Old Beijing, ...
A Showcase of Ability, Athlete First
A History of the Paralympic Movement, reviewed by Chuck Campbell A Showcase of Ability, Athlete First traces the development of the Paralympic Movement from the establishment of the first organized sports for people with disabilities through the 2004 Paralympics. Bailey notes that early development of organized sports for people with disabilities was impeded by the misperception that ...
Athlete First – A history of the paralympic movement
by Steve Bailey Steve Bailey’s history of the Paralympic movement, Athlete First, is a dense but enjoyable account of an exciting athletic tradition. The book begins by tracing the development of the Paralympic movement from the establishment of the first organized sports for people with disabilities through the 2004 Paralympic Games. Bailey credits German neurosurgeon Ludwig Guttmann ...
Left For Dead: A Second Life after Vietnam
by Jon Hovde and Maureen Anderson Left For Dead, A Second Life After Vietnam received the Minnesota book award for Best Non-Fiction for 2006. Actor Fess Parker said it was the best Vietnam account he’d read in twenty years. The book describes co-author Jon Hovde’s journey from a fully ambulatory young man to a double amputation. ...
Book Review: The Dog Says How
by Kevin Kling, reviewed by Jon Skaalen Listening to Minnesota humorist Kevin Kling tell a story is pure pleasure. Whether we hear him on National Public Radio or as a keynote speaker, we smile at a masterfully-told tale that takes a whimsical, capricious or increasingly wise twist on reality. He observes, he reflects, he connects different ...
Seeing Beyond Sight: Photographs by Blind Teenagers
Written by Tony Deifell It seemed like a misguided idea: teaching photography to students with severe visual impairments. Indeed, author and educator Tony Deifell had a hard time convincing the Morehead School for the Blind to try the photo project. At first they thought his idea was a prank. Then when he started teaching the class, ...
Melody Martin: An Interview with a Local Author
Melody Martin, a close friend and colleague, is a former board member and employee of St.Paul-based Metro Center for Independent Living (MCIL). She recently published a book of life experiences and inspirational thoughts titled, “Lessons on the Journey.” I sat down with Mel recently to ask her a few questions about the book, and how ...
Book Review: “You Walk Pretty” by LeAnne Nelson
by LeAnne Nelson reviewed by Evelyn Anderson Many Access Press readers know LeAnne Nelson Dahl by name since she has written articles for this publication over several years. I’m one of the lucky people who also knows her in person. I met LeAnne more than 20 years ago, when she and two other women, Polly Edmunds and Rianne ...
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