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May 8, 1978 - Harold Rosenberg, art critic for the New Yorker and social philosopher, speaking at the “The Big Question: Art/Not Art?” mini-conference, sponsored by the University of Minnesota Studio Arts Department. Rosenberg authored several books on art criticism including "The Tradition of the New". Since 1967, Rosenberg has been resident art critic for the New Yorker magazine.
May 22, 1978 - This is Playwrights' Lab/New Drama, an hour special that will feature short dramatic pieces by area playwrights. Arts reporter, Nancy Fushan talks with playwrights in residence Mark Frost and Jon Olive, who discuss their works.
May 23, 1978 - Ring Lardner, Hollywood playwright speaking about blacklisting in the 1940s through the 1960s for being a member of the U.S. Communist Party at the University of North Dakota Writers Conference.
May 30, 1978 - Eudora Welty, noted Southern novelist, talks about her unique style of writing, her early career as a photographer, and reads portions of her favorite short story. Program also presents an address by Welty at University of North Dakota Writers Conference.
June 10, 1978 - MPR’s Kate Williams talks with Minneapolis poet Jerri Alexander, who shares poetry from her book "Hurt Comes and Goes: Poetry of a Black American Woman."
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July 5, 1978 - Midday presents speeches by two education professionals at the Rural Life Institute at Southwest State University in Marshall, Minnesota. The topic was "Why Save Rural Schools."
July 10, 1978 - R. Buckminster "Bucky" Fuller addresses the Minnesota Press Club on Buckminster Fuller Day in Minnesota, so proclaimed by Governor Rudy Perpich.
July 29, 1978 - John Beecher has worked as a steelworker, English instructor, government official, newspaperman and sociology professor but is best known for his poetry. He writes widely of The South.Here he is interviewed by Kim Hodgson, former manager of KRSW and now with KUOW, Seattle. He delivered a commencement address at Worthington Community College.