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 24, 1983 -
September 27, 1983 - Host Robert Cromie talks to famous writers about their latest books.
October 7, 1983 - Charles Schultz talks about America's Vanishing Industry.
October 17, 1983 - Host Robert Cromie talks with a prominent writer.
October 24, 1983 -
November 3, 1983 - Robert Cromie talks with a prominent writer.
November 8, 1983 - Host Robert Cromie talks with famous writers about their latest books in this program.
November 15, 1983 - Eugene McCarthy, former Minnesota senator speaking at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts. McCarthy’s address was titled "Growing Up in Rural Minnesota". McCarthy speaks of experiences in his hometown of Watkins, some of which were expressed in a collection of poems entitled "Gene McCarthy's Minnesota". During the hour, McCarthy reads about a dozen pieces from that book.
November 19, 1983 - Buckminster Fuller heard speaking on one of his last public addresses about higher education.
November 19, 1983 - Robert Cromie talks to a prominent writer about the latest books.