August 14, 1993 - MPR’s Beth Friend talks with Naomi Epel, author of Writers Dreaming. The book features interviews with 26 contemporary authors, including Maya Angelou, Stephen King, and William Styron. The writers discuss how their dreams influence their creative process and writing.
August 16, 1993 - MPR’s Catherine Winter reports on the nortern Minnesota group Second Wind Harmonica Band. Winter interviews music director Betty Kauppi and members of the band.
August 17, 1993 - American writer and novelist Kate Lehrer talks about the characters from her novel, When They Took Away the Man in the Moon.
August 19, 1993 - Local theater critic and writer Erin Hart reviews three plays…Wings by Arthur Kopit at Loring Playhouse; Orgasmo Adulto Escapes From the Zoo by Dario Fo and Franca Rame at Loring Playhouse; and Comedy of Terrors by Dudley Riggs Brave New Workshop.
August 19, 1993 - Educator and local journalist Ann Daly Goodwin runs down “cool” Minnesota summer items. Also includes review of the book Too Hot, Went to Lake by Peg Meier.
August 20, 1993 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder interviews two local historians about the early days of the Minnesota State Fair. They discuss its development from farm celebration to entertainment, and a future as a gathering.
August 20, 1993 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, Minnesota author Barton Sutter reads as essay that finds himself playing a role in family car camping.
August 20, 1993 - Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer interviews Ron and Barb Hofmeister, authors of An Alternative Lifestyle: Living & Traveling Full-Time in a Recreational Vehicle. The two detail the definition of “full-timers on the road.”
August 24, 1993 - Generation X author Michael Lee Cohen, stops by the MPR studios to discuss his book, The Twentysomething American Dream. Cohen discusses what he learned from his cross country tour interviewing members of the much maligned post-baby boom generation.
August 26, 1993 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews members of The Teddy Bear Band at the Minnesota Public Radio booth. Segment includes band performing to a State Fair audience.