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.
September 16, 1993 -
September 18, 1993 -
September 18, 1993 - Minnesota poet Joe Paddock provides an environmental commentary on the essense of the land.
September 21, 1993 - Augsburg Fortress Publishers
September 23, 1993 - MPR’s Perry Finelli interviews Ray Crump, former Twins equipment manager, about his book Beneath the Grandstands. It contains a collection of baseball stories of Crump's life growing up as a bat boy for the Washington Senators and then moving to Minnesota to become the Minnesota Twins first equipment manager.
September 24, 1993 -
September 24, 1993 - An interview about Hmong storytelling with local musician/performer. Segment includes translation of story and a musical performance.
September 24, 1993 - Patricia Weaver Francisco reads a segment of her book that discusses her rape.
September 25, 1993 -
September 27, 1993 - Cheryl Anderson and Francis MacDonald talk about censorship in libraries and public places, especially in Minnesota.