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, 1993 - Commencement speach given by Richard Engquist at Hamline University
May 21, 1993 - We put out in old Uncle Howard's pontoon boat with a canary canvas roof.I grabbed the rail, my neck swallowedby a pumped-up orange life preserver.The boat chopped frothy caps,I glanced back--....
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May 31, 1993 - Greta mentions the Rock Bottom Remainders: Stephen King, Dave Barry, Barbara Kingsolver and Amy Tan at the Paragon Club.
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