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 26, 1996 -
April 26, 1996 -
April 26, 1996 - MPR’s Dan Gunderson profiles poet David Mason and his long form narrative poem, "The Country I Remember."
April 26, 1996 - Voices from the Heartland - Jim Latimer reads from his book "Going the Moose Way Home"
April 26, 1996 -
April 30, 1996 - The Unabomber -- The Freemen- what do these people and their actions say about us? When people violently disagree with the policies of a nation, what is the right course of action. Is there room for violence in a disagreement with the government?
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May 10, 1996 - Duluth poet Barton Sutter provides commentary on the importance of poetry and it’s status in the United States.