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.
May 24, 1993 - National Public Radio's Susan Stamberg talks with Midday’s Gary Eichten about her work at NPR and her new book entitled Talk: NPR's Susan Stamberg Considers All Things. Stamberg also answers listener questions.
May 26, 1993 - A Midday broadcast of Peter Lynch, an author and manager of the Fidelity Magellan Fund, speaking at a public forum in Minneapolis, sponsored by Dain Bosworth. Lynch’s address is on the topic of strategies for investing and common misconceptions about the stock market.
May 28, 1993 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, American novelist Kaye Gibbons reads from her book, Charms for the Easy Life.
May 31, 1993 - MPR’s Kitty Eisele talks with American novelist Jim Lewis about Sister, his first novel. The book looks at experiences between young girls and troubled boys.
June 16, 1993 - MPR’s Karen Boothe interviews poet and editor Carolyn Forché, who shares insights into putting together Against Forgetting: Twentieth-century Poetry of Witness, an anthology of 140 poets writing on war, torture, exile, and repression.
June 18, 1993 - MPR’s Jon Gordon interviews Bob Sloan, a teacher, chef, and mystery writer. Sloan discusses his book, Dad's Own Cookbook, and how men can get comfortable in a kitchen.
June 18, 1993 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, American essayist Barry Lopez reads from his book, Crow and Weasel.
June 23, 1993 - A Worldview interview with Judy Gikaru, editor of Echo Magazine and writer for Kenya’s premier political weekly magazine Weekly Review. Gikaru discusses Kenya press, economy, and politics.
June 25, 1993 - A Worldview interview with Mehrdad Izady, author of Kurds: A Concise Handbook, a book to identify and delineate the heritage of the Kurds.
June 26, 1993 - A reading of “Flood,” a story from Wendell Erdman Berry’s novel, A Place on Earth.