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 17, 1993 - American writer and novelist Kate Lehrer talks about the characters from her novel, When They Took Away the Man in the Moon.
August 19, 1993 - In a Worldview interview, American journalist and writer David Remnick, author of Lenin's Tomb: The Last Days of the Soviet Empire, talks about the many trigger points that precipitated Soviet Union’s demise.
August 20, 1993 - Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Ron and Barb Hofmeister, authors of An Alternative Lifestyle: Living & Traveling Full-Time in a Recreational Vehicle. The two detail the definition of “full-timers on the road.”
August 24, 1993 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Andre Melee, a sailor, environmentalist, and author of Polluting for Pleasure. The book details the often-overlooked environmental impacts of recreational boating.
August 26, 1993 - Author Steve Chapple shares his fascination with the land of Montana and writing Kayaking the Full Moon: A Journey Down the Yellowstone River to the Soul of Montana.
August 30, 1993 - Houston writer and educator P. K. McCary discusses the reasoning behind utilizing street slang for a bible translation in her book, Rappin' With Jesus: The Good News According to the Four Brothers (The Black Bible Chronicles).
August 31, 1993 - New York teacher Julie Landsman explains experience behind writing Basic Needs: A Year With Street Kids in a City School, which details teaching street kids in a city school.
September 3, 1993 - Worldview’s Mile Maus completes a phone interview with Syed Hashim Ali Akhter, author of Pluralism and Peace Between Religions.
September 10, 1993 - Pet psychologist and author Beatrice Lydecker explains how to communicate with your pet animal. Lydecker is author of the book, What the Animals Tell Me.
September 15, 1993 - MPR’s Perry Finelli talks with Christopher Cardozo, an American art collector and author about the photographic work of American photographer Edward Curtis. Cardozo is author of Native Nations: First North Americans as Seen by Edward Curtis.