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.
August 19, 1992 - A Worldview interview with American journalist and historian John R. MacArthur, who talks about how the media was manipulated during the Gulf War. MacArthur is author of the book, Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War.
August 25, 1992 - Worldview’s Mike Maus talks with author Marian Shaw about Haiti’s political turmoil. Shaw spent her youth in Haiti and has written Land of Hunchbacks: A Novel, a story of a summer in Haiti in the 1950's, weaving together Haitian folktales, proverbs, song, and history.
August 27, 1992 - MPR documentary on Aldo Leopold, famed ecologist, and author of A Sand County Almanac, one of the most influential environmental books in the 20th century. Profile includes readings of Leopold’s writings by Gene Harrington. Also presents interviews with contemporaries Paul Gruchow and Gaylord Nelson; Curt Meine, Leopold biographer; Charles Bradley of the Leopold Reserve; and Brent Haglund, president of Sand County Foundation. This Minnesota Public Radio documentary was originally produced for Earth Day 1990.
August 27, 1992 - Betty Fussell, author of The Story of Corn, explains the history, mythology, and cultivation of the crop. It is a plant that formed the basis for much of the civilization in the Western Hemisphere.
September 5, 1992 - American cartoonist and writer Lynda Barry performs reading of I Remember Mike, a story recalling childhood memory of fellow high school student.
September 9, 1992 - Q&A segment of American writer Susan Sontag about her book, Volcano Lover.
September 16, 1992 - Kenneth and Rachel Pellman, co-authors of The World of Amish Quilts, talks with Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer about quilts and culture of the Anabaptist Christian group known for a simple, nonconformist lifestyle.
September 17, 1992 - Kathleen Hall Jamieson, professor and author of Dirty Politics: Deception, Distraction and Democracy, speaks on campaign ads and speeches. She details public reaction to these political strategies.
September 19, 1992 - Weekend Edition’s Jim Wishner interviews Steven Gillon, author of The Democrats' Dilemma: Walter F. Mondale and the Liberal Legacy. Gillon discusses and reads from his book.
September 22, 1992 - American novelist and a short story writer Tama Janowitz shares how the scenes and atmosphere of New York City give her the material for her writing. Her book The Male Cross-Dresser Support Group is highlighted in this Midmorning interview.