A selection of programs and series throughout the decades that were broadcast on Minnesota Public Radio.
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February 5, 1993 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Randy Sue Latimer, local playwright and co-founder of Sell the Cow Theatre, a new theater company in the Twin Cities. Others involved in the joint venture are Brad Lowery, Anne Welsbacher, Jeff Reynolds. The group’s first offering is Harold Pinter’s The Caretaker and Lyle Kessler’s The Orphan.
February 5, 1993 - St. Paul teacher and author Roger Barr talks about his book, The Treasure Hunt. The mystery follows characters as they hunt for a hidden medallion in Ramsey County. The story is based on the Saint Paul Winter Carnival and the Pioneer Press Medallion Hunt.
February 5, 1993 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, Duluth writer Barton Sutter reads an essay on cross-country skiing.
February 5, 1993 - Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark talks about aspects of past U.S.-Middle East relations and on his book, The Fire This Time: U. S. War Crimes in the Gulf.
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.