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.
February 5, 1993 - In this segment from First Friday program, Anne Soukhanov, editor of American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, gives examples of snowboarding terms that were reviewed for latest edition…including ‘fakie’ and ‘phat.’
February 5, 1993 - On this First Friday segment, actor Gregory Alan Williams reads Langston Hughes short story "Thank You, Ma'am."
February 5, 1993 - On this segment from First Friday, American poet Dana Gioia discusses the history of poetry in a conversation about his book “Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture,” published by Graywolf Press.
February 5, 1993 - In this segment from First Friday program, an interview on trends with Vickie Abrahamson, editor of Iconoculture magazine. Topics include witchcraft, fly-fishing, and knuckle reading, amongst others.
February 5, 1993 - In this segment from First Friday program, American poet Dana Gioia reads his poem, Money.
February 5, 1993 - On this segment of First Friday, MPR’s Maja Beckstrom profiles barn poetry. An inspiration of New York poet Mark Mendel back in 1982, the poetry resides on the side of Goodhue County Road 6, outside of Red Wing, Minnesota.
February 5, 1993 - In this segment from First Friday program, a conversation with Black playwright Michael Henry Brown about his play, King of Coons.
February 5, 1993 - Rodney King
February 6, 1993 - Local commentator and writer Lawrence Sutin gives his take on when and how to raise a complaint.
February 8, 1993 -