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.
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March 27, 1992 - Beth Friend interviews Kevin Kling and his visit home in Minnesota in a play at the Jungle Theater where he talks about his childhood in the state.
March 27, 1992 - An interview with storyteller Michael Cotter on the importance of storytellers in local communities.
March 27, 1992 - MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews Eugene McCarthy about the 1992 Democratic presidential campaigns of Jerry Brown and Bill Clinton. McCarthy also speaks about Independent candidate Ross Perot.
March 30, 1992 - Spirits of the Present: The Legacy from Native America is a series about Native American cultures as told from a Native American perspective.Spirits of the Present: The Legacy from Native America - a documentary series from field recordings which examines the diverse cultures of Native America. They examine the life of today's Indians; their wisdom and humor, art and music, economics, and education, religion and politics.13 half-hour programs produced by the Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium and Radio Smithsonian, broadcast on 410 stations in North America. This documentary series about Native American history and culture looks at the life of today's Indians."Battle Lines: Pressures of the Land" - Modern-day struggles over issues of sovereignty and land ownership between Native Americans and the Euramerican peoples. - Produced by Dick Brooks (3/11/1992)"Sustaining Our Communities: Natural Resource Management" - An examination of traditional Indian farming techniques for growing corn, natural resource management practices and the revitalization of the buffalo and salmon population within various tribal communities. - Produced by Richard Two Elk (3/4/1992)
March 30, 1992 - MPR’s Bill Wareham interviews Garrison Keillor on coming back home to Minnesota and A Prairie Home Companion.