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December 26, 1980 - A presentation of excerpts from 1980 Minnesota Writers Conference, held in Rochester. Part two features remarks by writers Michael Dennis-Browne, Carol Bly, Judith Guest, and John Judson. Beryl Byman was the writer, producer and director of program.
January 3, 1981 - The African-American novelist and short story writer reads the story "A Chance Meeting," from his award-winning short-fiction collection, THE BEACH UMBRELLA, in a live recording at the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
January 8, 1981 - MPR's Nancy Fushan interviews poet Howard Nemerov, who reads from his works and explains some of his views of modern American poetry.
January 10, 1981 -
January 17, 1981 - An edition of New Letters On The Air featuring James McConkey reading from his novel The Treehouse Confessions, published by Dutton in New York.
January 18, 1981 - An examination of the life of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr, in commemoration of his birthday.
January 26, 1981 - Phil Anderson, film critic and writer, spoke with Frank Capra about his career, while he was in the Twin Cities to be honored with a retrospective at the Minneapolis Film Festival.
February 7, 1981 - This program features an American writer reading from original works.
February 12, 1981 - Stanley Kiesel, poet in residence for Minneapolis Schools, talks with Dan Olson about education, poetry, and his new book, "The War Between the Pitiful Teachers and the Splendid Kids."
February 18, 1981 - Author and illustrator Tomie dePaola talks about writing children's books and answers listener questions. He discusses the stage version of his children's book, "Clown of God," being produced by the Children's Theater Company of Minneapolis.