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.
August 31, 1993 -
September 3, 1993 -
September 3, 1993 - On this edition of MPR’s Voices from the Heartland, Susan Berkson reads an essay on her life experiences of the Minnesota State Fair.
September 3, 1993 -
September 4, 1993 - Paul Gruchow’s poem “Autumn,” read by J.H.
September 4, 1993 - MPR’s Chris Roberts interviews Minnesota author Karal Ann Marling about random facts on the Minnesota State Fair. Topics include the lack-luster quality of prizes in the Midway, the Ferris wheel, and butter sculpture.
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September 10, 1993 -