May 7, 1993 - British Mystery author Anne Perry talks on researching British history and culture for her book, Farrier's Lane. The title is a Victorian mystery involving a judge's murder and potential miscarriage of justice.
May 7, 1993 - American novelist Jane Smiley talks of women, motherhood, and writing.
May 7, 1993 - Minneapolis Black author Shika Doss reads her work about her mother, family, and estranged father.
May 7, 1993 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, Minnesota writer Laurie Allmann reads an essay about a dawn experience outside Fargo, North Dakota.
May 8, 1993 - A reading from Native American author Louise Erdrich’s The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year. The book is a meditation on the experience of motherhood and the first nonfiction work by Erdrich.
May 8, 1993 - MPR’s Chris Roberts interviews Karal Ann Marling, author and professor of Art History and of American Studies at the University of Minnesota, about the history and impact of the public holiday Mother’s Day in the United States.
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May 14, 1993 - MPR’s Liz Hannon interviews members of Quintessence, a Minneapolis folk-jazz-world fusion combo. Segment also includes music clips of the band.
May 14, 1993 - A Midmorning interview with Minnesota author and teacher Jon Hassler, who talks about the process of writing Dear James. Hassler first got the idea of novel during a trip to the Vatican.