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 31, 1993 - Recorded while a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Saint Olaf College and Endowed Chair in Humanities and Fine Arts at the University of Saint Thomas.
January 14, 1994 - In this segment of Voices from the Heartland, Minnesota author Barton Sutter reads his essay on recycling Christmas trees. This essay was later collected in Sutter’s book "Cold Comfort: Life at the Top of the Map."
January 28, 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.
February 4, 1994 -
February 11, 1994 - This Voices from the Heartland feature presents Marlene Reuber reading poem "It Is Enough" by Ruth Daigon.
March 4, 1994 - Essay on the inspiration of music in life later collected in "Cold Comfort: Life at the Top of the Map" by Barton Sutter, published October 1998 by University of Minnesota Press.
March 11, 1994 - A year and a half ago I spent a couple of hot August days camped out at Prairie Island. Actually, the shelter provided by the trailer home in Joe Campbell's back yard might not exactly qualify as camping, but it certainly was at the heart of Prairie Island/
April 8, 1994 -
April 22, 1994 - On this segment of Voices from the Heartland, Duluth writer Barton Sutter reads his essay "God's Own Ice Rink." Sutter recounts his ice skating excursion onto a frozen Lake Superior, where he encounters black ice and an unlucky fisherman.
April 29, 1994 -