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.
May 23, 1997 - "My First Trip Up North" by John Sonnen, a retired real estate agent and writer who lives in St. Paul. We heard an excerpt from a memoir published in "The Minnesota Volunteer," the magazine of the Department of Natural Resources.
May 30, 1997 -
June 13, 1997 - John Henricksson, "A Parliament of Owls," from North Writers II - The Lives Around Us edited by John Henricksson, published April 1997 by University of Minnesota Press.
June 20, 1997 - Adapted from the book The Bird in the Waterfall: Exploring the Wonders of Water by Jerry Dennis, with drawings by Glenn Wolff. Published by HarperCollins Publishers, 1996.