Repeatedly 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. This curation presents broadcasts over the decades of writer’s voices in form of speech, interview, and discussion.
February 27, 1982 - Weekend host Dale Connelly talks with Ken Cooper, author of the book Always Bear Left...and Other Ways to Get Things Done Faster and Easier. Cooper details various tips.
April 10, 1982 - MPR’s Dale Connelly interviews author Fern Kupfer about her severely mentally and physically handicapped son Zachariah and her book Before and After Zachariah.
April 11, 1982 - NPR’s Connie Goldman interviews author and poet James Dickey, who shares his thoughts on writing.
April 17, 1982 - On this Weekend program, MPR’s Dale Connelly has a conversation with Margaret Atwood, author of Bodily Harm. Atwood comments on the differential power and aggressive dynamics between men and women.
May 16, 1982 - NPR’s Connie Goldman interviews writer and historian Studs Terkel.
May 29, 1982 - On this Firing Line program, host William F. Buckley Jr. discusses the late President Lyndon Johnson with the author Robert Caro, who has written a biography of Johnson.
May 31, 1982 - Dale Connelly talks with author and essayist Roger Angell about his book on baseball, Late Innings. Angell comments on the impact of baseball strike, disenchantment of fanbase, and business end of the sport.
July 25, 1982 - MPR’s Connie Goldman visits Taos to meet author John Nichols. The two talk at his kitchen table about his background and his writing.
March 1, 1983 - Paul Dickson, co-author of There are Alligators in our Sewers and Other American Credos, discusses the various popularly held beliefs and notions that have no factual basis. Dickson also answers listener questions.
May 6, 1983 - MPR’s Debra Fisher interviews author Alice Walker, who details how she manages attention and interest after the success of her novel The Color Purple.