April 17, 1993 - MPR’s Chris Roberts talks with local author Evelyn Fairbanks about The Days of Rondo. The memoir details life in St. Paul’s historic and vibrant Rondo neighborhood during the 1930s to 1950s.
April 17, 1993 - Actor Gregory Alan Williams reflects on his experiences in the middle of the 1992 South Los Angeles riots. Williams has written A Gathering of Heroes: A Personal Memoir of the Los Angeles Riots, a book about that period of unrest.
April 21, 1993 - Mary Cadogan, author of Women with Wings: Female Flyers in Fact and Fiction, shares stories of individuals from her book.
April 23, 1993 - MPR’s Mike Maus interviews Minnesotan author Marie Lee on her young adult novel, If It Hadn’t Been for Yoon Jun. Following a reading segment, Lee discusses the struggles of integrating her Korean and American identities and of feeling different than most other adolescents in her youth.
April 23, 1993 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, author Jane Yolen reads from her children’s book, Welcome to the Green House.
April 23, 1993 - Local theater critic Erin Hart reviews the plays Scapin at Theatre de la Jeune Lune and Days of Rondo at the Great American History Theatre.
April 23, 1993 - MPR’s Beth Friend reports on Patient A, a play by Minneapolis playwright Lee Blessing. The work is about AIDS victim Kimberly Bergalis.
April 24, 1993 - Local commentator and writer Lawrence Sutin shares tale of father/son relationships and stamps.
April 26, 1993 - MPR’s Gary Eichten talks with famous musician Doc Severinsen, who has been named the first principal pops conductor for the Minnesota Orchestra. Severinsen details what symphony orchestra program will look like as a “pops” concert.
April 29, 1993 - A Midmorning interview Huston Smith, author of The World’s Religions. Smith details various locations and cultures throughout the world, including China.