February 25, 1993 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder talks with Nancy A. Walker, author of the book A Very Serious Thing: Women's Humor and American Culture, published by University of Minnesota Press; and co-editor of Redressing the Balance: American Women's Humor from the Colonies to the 1980s, published by University Press of Mississippi.
February 25, 1993 - A Midmorning segment on F. Scott Fitzgerald and two plays at History Theatre about the author…Scott and Zelda: The Beautiful Fools by Lance S. Belville; and The Great Gatsby by John Carlile. Includes an interview with playwright Lance Belleville and professor Lloyd Hackle.
February 26, 1993 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Darrell Yates Rist, writer and co-founder of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation. Rist discusses the AIDS epidemic and his book, Heartlands: A Gay Man's Odyssey Across America.
February 26, 1993 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, a reading of author F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Absolution.
February 27, 1993 - MPR’s Elizabeth Stawicki profiles the Minnesota music group Sounds of Blackness. Report includes interviews with founder Russell Knighton and black students of Macalester College.
March 1, 1993 - American scientist and historian Jared Diamond details his book, The Third Chimpanzee: The Evolution & Future of the Human Animal.
March 1, 1993 - Minnesota author Gary Paulsen shares details on his research for book, Nightjohn. Paulsen, a writer of children's and young adult fiction, also comments on the importance of children in our culture.
March 2, 1993 - A Midmorning interview with local historian Peter Rachleff about his book, Hard-Pressed in the Heartland: The Hormel Strike and the Future of the Labor Movement.
March 4, 1993 - MPR’s Mary Losure visits an “urban” farm on the outskirts of Cottage Grove as it and other farms try to figure out how to survive as development sprawl and assessments loom.
March 5, 1993 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, American-Canadian writer Thomas King reads from his book, Green Grass, Running Water.