January 11, 1992 - Kim Hines, a local playwright, discusses her play, Who Was I The Last Time I Saw You? A Play in Four Lives. Topics in play include social issues in the Black and gay communities. Hines highlights two characters (80 year-old Mavis & 10 year-old Christy) and performs excerpts from play.
January 16, 1992 - Minneapolis Mayor Don Fraser shares details on his talks with President George Bush on commission to focus on families in U.S. cities, and how to help foster healthy environment and support for them.
January 17, 1992 - MPR’s Beth Friend has a conversation about race in entertainment culture with Marlon Riggs, a Black gay filmmaker, educator, poet, and activist.
January 17, 1992 - Midmorning’s Paula Schroeder invites Laurie Allmann into the studio for a chat about owls. Segment includes owl sounds, followed by a poem.
January 17, 1992 - An interview with Michael Fedo about family, writing, and his book Chronicles of Aunt Hilma.
January 20, 1992 - Midmorning’s Paula Schroeder interviews writer Deborah Digges about her book, Fugitive Spring. The memoir follows the passage from a cloistered childhood, her defiant college career, early marriage to an Air Force pilot during the Vietnam War, and her emergence as a gifted poet.
January 22, 1992 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder interviews member of Saint John's Hill Monastic Manuscript Library about the background and purpose of housing microfilm of medieval manuscripts at the monastic institution.
January 24, 1992 - Midmorning’s Paula Schroeder interviews writer and educator Patricia Weaver Francisco, who details the importance of using family experiences and dynamics in developing one’s writing.
January 24, 1992 - On this Voices of the Heartland, an essay on kids sports by Duluth writer Barton Sutter.
January 29, 1992 - Minnesota U.S. Senator Dave Durenberger talks with MPR’s Gary Eichten about the national health insurance debate.