Voices from the Heartland was a segment series in the 1990s that highlighted essays from regional authors. Contributors included Barton Sutter, Carol Hauser, Carol Bly, Diane Glancy, and Robert Treuer, amongst others.
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May 20, 1994 - Recorded while a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Saint Olaf College and Endowed Chair in Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of Saint Thomas.
May 27, 1994 -
July 1, 1994 -
July 29, 1994 -
August 5, 1994 - On this segment of MPR’s Voices From the Heartland, Writer John Shepard recounts his birthday kayak journey on the waters of Lake Superior and through the Apostle Islands.
August 19, 1994 - Essay on camping later collected in "Cold Comfort: Life at the Top of the Map" by Barton Sutter, published October 1998 by University of Minnesota Press.
August 26, 1994 -
September 2, 1994 - On this edition of Voices from the Heartland, Susan Berkson's reads her essay on the differences of the Minnesota State Fair once the sun goes down. The lights turn on, the kids go home…and the teenagers roam.