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.
April 22, 1993 - American novelist and screenwriter Jay McInerney reads from his book, Brightness Falls.
April 23, 1993 - On this Voices from the Heartland segment, author Jane Yolen reads from her children’s book, Welcome to the Green House.
April 29, 1993 - A Midmorning interview Huston Smith, author of The World’s Religions. Smith details various locations and cultures throughout the world, including China.
April 30, 1993 - On this Voices from the Heartland segment, American writer and farmer Stanley Crawford reads from his memoir, A Garlic Testament: Seasons on a Small New Mexico Farm.
May 1, 1993 - MPR’s Chris Roberts interviews American poet and novelist Luis J. Rodriguez about his memoir Always Running La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. The book chronicles his youth as a Chicano gang member in East Los Angeles and his eventual escape through writing and education.
May 4, 1993 - A Worldview interview with Mexican American poet, novelist, and essayist Luis Alberto Urrea. The author discusses his book, Across the Wire: Life and Hard Times on the Mexican Border, which documents the stories, struggles, and resilience of people in Tijuana.
May 7, 1993 - British Mystery author Anne Perry talks on researching British history and culture for her book, Farrier's Lane. The title is a Victorian mystery involving a judge's murder and potential miscarriage of justice.
May 7, 1993 - American novelist Jane Smiley talks of women, motherhood, and writing.
May 19, 1993 - MPR’s Liz Hannon interviews American author and poet David Mura about Secret Colors, a multi-media performance collaborative piece with Black writer Alexs Pate. The work is about their lives as men of color and Asian American-African American relations.
May 20, 1993 - Worldview’s Mike Maus has a conversation with explorer and writer Quentin Keynes, great-grandson of Charles Darwin.