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 27, 1993 - Janet Hagberg, a Minneapolis-based artist, provides commentary on The Silent Witness Exhibit, an art installation created by the Arts Action Against Domestic Violence, an ad hoc group of women artists and writers in Minnesota.
September 28, 1993 -
September 28, 1993 -
September 29, 1993 - Concluding an MPR month-long examination of sexual violence against women, a special live broadcast from MPR's Studio M. Participants include Jim Ramstad, U.S. congressman representing the 3rd District ; Jane Ranum, State senator and Hennepin County prosecutor; Stephanie Goode, agent of Bureau of Criminal Apprehension; and Emilie Buchwald, editor of the Milkweed Editions book "Transforming a Rape Culture."
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September 29, 1993 - Biologist Anne Pusey studied animal behavior for 20 years and a professor of ecology, evolution, and behavior at the University of Minnesota.Author Martha Roth is editor of the feminist quarterly, Hurricane Alice and co-editor of the book "Transforming a Rape Culture" published 1993 by Milkweed Editions.
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September 29, 1993 - Poet Tracy Barkis reads her poem titled "I Set Myself Free," which addresses violence against her.
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September 29, 1993 - Patricia Weaver Francisco and Signe Nestingen talk about their experiences writing about their rapes as a way to understand their experiences.