MPR News Features are news segments created for various long-form programming, including Morning Edition and All Things Considered, amongst others. Features run the gambit of interviews, reports, profiles, and coverage.
January 26, 1985 -
January 26, 1985 -
January 26, 1985 -
February 7, 1985 - MPR’s Lisa DeRemee reports on local reactions as the town of Sauk Centre prepares to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Sinclair Lewis’ birth. The “hometown son” has a complicated relationship to area, as his famous book Main Street provides a less than stellar fictional portrait of town and its residents.
February 12, 1985 -
February 14, 1985 - MPR’s Doug Hamilton speaks with local English professor and poet Michael Dennis Brown on the state of modern love poetry today. Brown speaks on poetry’s decreasing popularity in comparison to other forms of media and expression. He also talks about his expectations for the future of poetry and how he hopes it evolves and grows with the world’s changes.
February 18, 1985 - MPR’s Kate Moos profiles Minnesota’s second poet laureate, Laurene Tibbetts. Segment includes brief interview and reading.
February 18, 1985 -
February 18, 1985 -
March 2, 1985 -