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.
January 22, 1993 - An interview with English translator and author Kevin Crossley-Holland during National Book Week. Minnesota is celebrating with a Week in Winter series and the theme of ‘living north’ is discussed.
January 22, 1993 - American essayist Barry Lopez talks about the trend in contemporary writers being drawn to write non-fiction work tied to nature.
February 2, 1993 - Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Norman Crampton, author of the book, The 100 Best Small Towns in America. Crampton details various towns across the country, including a few in Minnesota.
February 5, 1993 - Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark talks about aspects of past U.S.-Middle East relations and on his book, The Fire This Time: U. S. War Crimes in the Gulf.
February 9, 1993 - All Things Considered’s Paula Schroeder interviews Charlotte Nekola, author of Dream House: A Memoir. Sement includes a reading by Nekola.
February 17, 1993 - A Worldview interviews with Chester Crocker, a former American diplomat in the Reagan administration, about U.S. relations and efforts in South Africa and other areas of Africa.
February 18, 1993 - Worldview’s Jim Wishner interviews Michael True, author of To Construct Peace: 30 More Justice Seekers and Peacemakers. True details the theme of book and shares individuals highlighted in book.
February 18, 1993 - American novelist, playwright, and essayist Darryl Pinckney talks about the ideas behind his debut novel, High Cotton. The story looks into the world of upper-middle-class Black elite.
February 25, 1993 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder talks with Nancy A. Walker, author of the book A Very Serious Thing: Women's Humor and American Culture, published by University of Minnesota Press; and co-editor of Redressing the Balance: American Women's Humor from the Colonies to the 1980s, published by University Press of Mississippi.
February 26, 1993 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Darrell Yates Rist, writer and co-founder of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Rist discusses the AIDS epidemic and his book, Heartlands: A Gay Man's Odyssey Across America.