This collection encompasses 50-plus years of interviews, readings, speeches, and reports on the vibrant literary scene in Minnesota. Not only home to giants F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sinclair Lewis, our state has an array of incredible contemporary poets, novelists, and playwrights. Their words make up majority of this collection.
Repeatedly being named the “Most Literate City in the United States,” the Twin Cities has played host to numerous visiting national writers via book tours, festivals, and lectures. Many recordings of these are also included.
This project was funded by the National Historical Publications & Records Commission.
April 22, 1977 - MPR’s Bill Siemering interviews Minnesota author and environmentalist Sigurd Olson, who shares his view of the importance and beauty of the Boundary Waters Canoe Area.
June 18, 1977 - On this regional public affairs program, a presentation of Twin Cities author Judith Guest speaking at Women as Writers symposium.
July 9, 1977 - On this regional public affairs program, St. Paul writer Christina Baldwin discusses her book One to One: Self Understanding Through Journal Writing. Baldwin has kept a journal for 17 years and also teaches classes on using a journal as a form of therapy.
July 9, 1977 - On this regional public affairs program, historian Gretchen Kreuter speaks at University of Minnesota's Women's Day on Campus, sponsored by Continuing Education for Women.
July 30, 1977 - The following edition of The Poet's Perspective is on the subject of water. The program features Southwest Minnesota regional poets Joe and Nancy Paddock.
August 20, 1977 - The following edition of The Poet's Perspective is on the subject of land use by man. The program features Southwest Minnesota regional poets Joe and Nancy Paddock.
August 27, 1977 - The following edition of The Poet's Perspective is on the subject of rural women. The program features Southwest Minnesota regional poets Joe and Nancy Paddock.
September 3, 1977 - The following edition of The Poet's Perspective is on the subject of public funding for the arts. The program features Southwest Minnesota regional poets Joe and Nancy Paddock.
October 1, 1977 - The following edition of The Poet's Perspective is on the subject of energy in agriculture through horses. The program features Southwest Minnesota regional poets Joe and Nancy Paddock.
October 8, 1977 - The following edition of The Poet's Perspective is on the subject of rural men. The program features Southwest Minnesota regional poets Joe and Nancy Paddock.