March 17, 1979 - On this special regional public affairs program, Midday presents an examination of causes, agents, and consequences of Irish immigration to America and Minnesota in history, interview, and song.
March 19, 1979 - Psychologist, author, and theologian Dr. Rollo May offers his insights into the nature of freedom, the relationship between love and freedom, and related questions in a speech at Mankato State University.
March 21, 1979 - This Poets-In-Residence Series segment profiles The Plains Bookbus, which carries the titles of books printed by small presses to many communities in our region. The book bus driver and some of its patrons talk about the books and their life on the plains.
March 27, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan profiles and interviews author Stanley Elkin. The author talks about his book The Living End and reads from his work.
March 27, 1979 - On this Options program, author N. Scott Momaday, a Kiowa Indian, describes and discusses his interest in the Native American oral traditions.
March 28, 1979 - A news feature presenting review on John J. Koblas' book, A Guide to F Scott Fitzgerald's St Paul: A Traveler's Companion to His Homes & Haunts.
March 28, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan talks with feminist Black poet Audre Lorde about the power in her poetry. Segment also includes Lorde reading her poetry.
March 28, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan presents Playwrights’ Laboratory, which showcases playwright Nancy Beckett’s Clothes Conscious, a drama written especially for radio, with assistance from the Minneapolis Playwrights' Lab.
March 29, 1979 - MPR’s Tom Meersman talks with poet Lisel Mueller about her work. Segment includes Mueller reading her poetry.
March 30, 1979 - MPR’s Tom Meersman profiles poet Edward Dorn. Segment includes Dorn speaking and reading at Macalester College as part of this week's Midwestern Writers Festival.