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 Playwright’s Laboratory, which showcases playwright Nancy Beckett’s “Clothes Conscious,” a drama written especially for radio, with assistance from the Minneapolis Playwrights' Lab. Following radio play, Barbara Field, of the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis; Bob Collins, drama critic for the Minnesota Daily Arts and Entertainment section; and listeners, share impressions and ask questions of playwright.
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.
April 10, 1979 - A profile of Leland Sateren, Augsburg College choir director and composer. Nancy Fushan interviews Sateren and they discuss the choir, writing, recording, touring, and his upcoming retirement.
May 5, 1979 - On this regional public affairs program, two points of view on Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II). Author Sidney Lens and Secretary of Defense Harold Brown, speaking at Carleton College in Northfield, share their perspective of the SALT II Treaty and our strategic future.
May 12, 1979 - On this special regional public affairs program, MPR’s Nancy Fushan and Tom Meersman examine current economic and legal issues affecting visual artists. The landmark court action involving late abstract painter Mark Rothko's estate is highlighted, via the comments of an attorney on the case.
May 15, 1979 - Acclaimed poet Robert Bly's home is a farm near the Southwest Minnesota town of Madison, and he reads at nearby Southwest State University in Marshall. This appearance includes occasional dulcimer accompaniment as Bly performs and disect his own works as well as the works of others.
May 23, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan presents Playwright’s Laboratory, which showcases playwright Eric Anderson’s “Policy,” a drama written especially for radio, with assistance from the Minneapolis Playwrights' Lab. Following radio play, Archie Leyasmeyer, professor of English at University of Minnesota and president of Playwright’s Lab; Mark Frost, the play’s director; and listeners, share impressions and ask questions of playwright.
May 29, 1979 - Joe and Nancy Paddock presents South Dakota Penitentiary inmates who write poetry. The prison program is called Poets at the Pen.