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.
September 21, 1993 - A Worldview interview with journalist Michelle Carter, author of Children of Chernobyl : Raising Hope from the Ashes. The book details the long-term damage and dangers of the Chernobyl nuclear accident.
September 28, 1993 - American linguist and author Richard Lederer discusses his book, Anguished English: An Anthology of Accidental Assaults upon Our Language.
September 29, 1993 - Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer interviews American writer Judy Blume about her children’s book, Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret, Here's to You, Rachel Robinson, and topics from her catalog.
September 29, 1993 - American author and poet David Mura provides commentary on sexual violence by men in American culture and how that violence, and male mindsets in general, compare from a world perspective.
September 29, 1993 - MPR’s Mike Edgerly interviews American novelist and screenwriter Mark Frost. The two discuss Frost’s Twin Peaks screen work and his occult thriller, The List of 7: A Novel.
September 30, 1993 - MPR’s Mike Mulcahy talks with an author of book on ideas. The two discuss the creative concept and how it has to touch the consumer.
September 30, 1993 - Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Dr. Cornel West, director of Afro-American studies at Princeton University and a professor of religion. West discusses racism in American culture and his book of collected essays, Race Matters.
October 1, 1993 - On this segment of First Friday, guest host Cathy Wurzer interviews children’s author Maurice Sendak about his book, We Are All in the Dumps with Jack and Guy. Sendak also briefly reads from the book.
October 1, 1993 - A conversation with Kim Wozencraft, author of Rush and Notes from the Country Club. Wozencraft describes how her background in law enforcement and her personal past provided material for her writing.
October 1, 1993 - MPR’s Mike Mulcahy interviews a novelist about how her personal family experience with Alzheimer's Disease influenced writing her book.