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.
October 4, 1993 - Cornel West, philosopher and Princeton University religion professor, delivers a lecture at St. Paul’s Hamline University on race and American race issues.
October 8, 1993 - Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer interviews American writer and activist Betty Frieden, who talks about the changing aging dynamics of men and women and her book, The Fountain of Age.
October 11, 1993 - All Things Considered’s Mike Mulcahy interviews journalist and writer John A. Byrne about the book he co-authored, The Whiz Kids: The Founding Fathers of American Business - and the Legacy They Left Us. The book details 10 former U.S. Army Air Forces officers who revolutionized post-World War II American business, particularly at Ford Motor Company.
October 11, 1993 - In this Midmorning segment, Area Madaras, co-author of a series of sexual education books for boys and girls who are undergoing puberty. In interview, Madaras highlights the title My Body, My Self.
October 11, 1993 - American writer, television producer, and reporter Greg Palmer shares aspects from his PBS TV series and companion book, Death: A Trip of a Lifetime.
October 12, 1993 - MPR’s Mike Edgerly talks with American author Frank Conroy about his writing process, his published works, and being a musician. In interview, Conroy explains the importance of books and music in his life.
October 12, 1993 - MPR’s Kitty Eisele interviews Chilean writer Isabel Allende. The two discuss Allende’s novels and personal life experience.
October 13, 1993 - MPR’s Perry Finelli interviews American non-fiction writer Tracy Kidder about his book, Old Friends. The book explores aging via the experiences of residents at Linda Manor, a nursing home in Northampton, Massachusetts.
October 14, 1993 - Midday presents Westminster Town Hall Forum speech by Betty Rollin, author and NBC News correspondent. Rollin wrote the best-selling book “Last Wish” about the suicide of her terminally ill mother.
October 30, 1993 - Famed horror writer Clive Barker reads his short story The Departed, which concerns the tale of a dead woman who can visit the living on Halloween.