February 15, 1980 -
February 20, 1980 -
February 20, 1980 -
February 25, 1980 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan interviews poet and activist Marge Piercy. Segment also includes Piercy reading two of her poems.
February 26, 1980 - MPR provides live coverage of the results of the DFL and independent republican precinct caucuses in Minnesota, the first step towards the selection of delegates to national conventions.
March 1, 1980 - The Milkweed Chronicle is not a run-of-the-mill newspaper, printed on stiff, durable paper and contains poems and illustrations. As the paper publishes its first issue, MPR’s Rich Dietman interviews guests Nancy Keating, publication’s business manager; Emilie Buchwald, editor; and Randy Scholes, art director.
March 6, 1980 -
March 6, 1980 -
March 7, 1980 - As part of the Walker Arts Center series on Modernism, literary critic Hugh Kenner discusses the meanings of modernism. The speech presents challenges faced by the writer, the reader, and the critic.
March 8, 1980 - Jackpine Bob Cary, Ely writer and storyteller, pitches his candidacy for U.S. president in a humorous conversation with MPR’s Rich Dietman.