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.
November 18, 1993 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer asks artisan bread baker Daniel Leader, author of Bread Alone: Bold Fresh Loaves from Your Own Hands, about his love for the act of making bread.
December 8, 1993 - American feminist author and journalist Naomi Wolf discusses the state of the feminist movement and her book, Fire with Fire: New Female Power and How It Will Change the Twenty-First Century.
December 13, 1993 - Writer Suzann Ledbetter reads a holiday story on the lengths taken in getting a Christmas tree. Story is from Ledbetter’s book, The Toast Always Lands Jelly-Side Down: And Other Tales of Suburban Life.
December 24, 1993 - English translator and author Kevin Crossley-Holland reads an essay for the Christmas season.
December 30, 1993 - Worldview’s Mike Maus talks with American humanitarian Judy Mayotte about the horrific humanitarian conditions in Sudan.
December 30, 1993 - Mary Murray, an international magazine editor, talks about her book, Put Your Best Foot Forward. In the publication, Murray details proper business approaches while traveling overseas.
January 15, 1994 - Playwright, director, actor, and storyteller Jim Stowell shares a Rio Grande story. He is a co-founder of The Minnesota Ensemble Theater and The Palace Theater.
January 28, 1994 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, English translator and author Kevin Crossley-Holland reads an essay about writing a story with children. This leads to an education for an outsider on Minnesota.
February 24, 1994 - MPR’s Mike Edgerly interviews Kentuckian author Chris Offutt about The Same River Twice: A Memoir. Offutt’s book recounts his journey from Kentucky Appalachians through various odd jobs across America and becoming a father. Offutt spent time in Minneapolis.
February 25, 1994 - Kelly Dwyer reads from her debut novel, Tracks of Angels. The book centers on a young woman working through memories of a sad childhood and finding a guardian angel as an adult.