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.
May 21, 1992 -
May 21, 1992 - Author of the book When the Worst That Can Happen Already Has: Conquering Life's Most Difficult Times.
May 22, 1992 - On this Voices from the Heartland segment, Minnesota author Barton Sutter reads his essay on Lake Superior, titled “God.”
May 23, 1992 - Explains the history, why and how we celebrate Memorial Day, the last Monday in May, a day set aside to honor those who have fought and died in the nation's wars.
May 25, 1992 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder interviews author Martha Hellander about her book "The Wild Gardener: The Life and Selected Writings of Eloise Butler." Hellander shares various biographical details on Butler and the creation of The Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary in Minneapolis.
May 25, 1992 -
May 25, 1992 -
May 27, 1992 -
May 28, 1992 - Sylvia Ann Hewlett talks about her book, "When the Bough Breaks: The Cost of Neglecting Our Children" at a Westminster Town Hall Forum.
May 28, 1992 -