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.
December 27, 1996 - We'll hear a few of the winning entries in the Children's Museum annual short story contest. “Feelings Don’t Mix with Maggie” by Ellen Finnegan, 5th grade at Oak Point Intermediate School in Eden Prairie. Read by 10 year old Ben Wareham of Expo Elementary School in Saint Paul.
December 27, 1996 - We'll hear a few of the winning entries in the Children's Museum annual short story contest.Untitled story by 6 year old Corey Kryszak, 1st grade at Saint Rose School in Roseville. Read by Molly Nelson, 4th grade at Bailey Elementary School in Woodbury
December 27, 1996 - We'll hear a few of the winning entries in the Children's Museum annual short story contest. "Melody" by 9-year-old Anna Rice of Randolph Heights Elementary School in Saint Paul. Read by 10-year-old Ben Wareham of Expo Elementary School in Saint Paul.
January 3, 1997 - Kent Nerburn, "January" and "Benediction" from "A Haunting Reverence."
January 10, 1997 - Susan Carol Hauser's latest book is titled "Full Moon: Reflections on Turning 50," published by Papier Mache Press.
January 17, 1997 - On this Voices of the Heartland segment, Duluth poet Barton Sutter provides a commentary on the late Minneapolis poet John Engman in a reading of “Citizen of the Milky Way: Eulogy to John Engman.”
January 24, 1997 - John Coy reads from his book Night Driving, published by Henry Holt.
January 31, 1997 - As part of the Voices from the Heartland series, Minnesota poet Diane Glancy reads her poem "The Back Porch of the Country."
February 7, 1997 - A reading by Robert Treuer, "the Tree Farm," part of the Voices from the Heartland series.
February 10, 1997 - Minnesota storyteller, playwright and actor Kevin Kling says his storytelling is from personal experience. The stories use humor because Kling says humor is a solvent that helps us accept the difficulty of our lives. Today on our Voices of Minnesota interview, Kevin Kling talks about storytelling. Riding the 21A bus line between St. Paul and Minneapolis was the source for one of Kling's best known works. "Fear and Loving" is a new collection of Kling stories about growing up. He was recently on stage at the Jungle Theatre in Minneapolis playing one of the leads in "Waiting for Gadot". Kling was born in Missouri and grew up in the Twin Cities suburbs of Brooklyn Center and Maple Grove.