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 6, 1994 - On this First Friday segment, a conversation with English author Wayne Hill, co-author of Shakespeare's Insults: Educating Your Wit. Hill shares the background behind book.
May 20, 1994 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, English translator and author Kevin Crossley-Holland reads an essay about his observation on Midwest morals and sensibilities.
May 20, 1994 - A Midmorning interview with American psychologist and author Lonnie Barbach about the differences between pornography/erotica and the perceptions of them between men and women. Barbach also discusses her book, The Erotic Edge: 22 Erotic Stories for Couples.
May 31, 1994 - American newspaper columnist and author Molly Ivins speaks at the Woman's Club of Minneapolis, touching on a number of subjects…including politics, the First Amendment and the role of women.
June 27, 1994 - Wisconsin author Muriel Blackdeer reads from her book, An Eagle Blessed Our Home. Blackdeer is of Norwegian heritage and married to Alvin Blackdeer, who was a member of the Ho-Chunk Nation.
June 27, 1994 - Wisconsin author Muriel Blackdeer talks about her family’s Native experience and details her book, Eagle Blessed Our Home. The book is the story of Alvin Blackdeer's Old Indian Camp.
July 4, 1994 - A Midday broadcast of Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Gwendolyn Brooks speaking at the Jefferson Lecture series. The address is called "Family Pictures," and starts with Ms. Brooks talking about and reading selections from her poetry.
July 5, 1994 - Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Ray Jones, co-author of Great Lakes Lighthouses. Jones discusses his various books on the tower-like structures and highlights Minnesota’s Split Rock Lighthouse.
July 9, 1994 - MPR’s Chris Roberts interviews Kathleen Stauffer on her book, Womansport: The Women's Sports Bible. She discusses how women belong in sports, the inequity in the field, and the changes to come.
July 9, 1994 - Michigan nature writer Jerry Dennis reads an essay on a thunderstorm and the both comforting and humbling aspects of Earth’s weather.