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 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan profiles and interviews poet and novelist Marge Piercy.
March 11, 1980 - Author Susan Pearson and illustrator Charles Mikolaycak discuss children's literature and answer listeners' questions.
March 12, 1980 - On this segment of People On Books, teacher Mary Gardner reviews A Married Man by Piers Paul Read.
March 17, 1980 - John Orlock, resident playwright for the Cricket Theater in Minneapolis, describes his play Revolution of the Heavenly Orbs. It is the first time Orlock has attempted a three-act play.
March 18, 1980 - MPR’s Dan Olson interviews Judith Younger, an instructor at University of Minnesota’s Elementary Education Department. Younger discusses issues concerning children's literature, including the use of social themes and the censorship of some works.
March 19, 1980 - On this segment of People On Books, Lee Edison, freelance writer and a former editor at Dance magazine, reviews Diaghilev by Lee Edison.
March 21, 1980 - On this segment of People On Books, Joe Richardson reviews Victorian Fantasy by Stephen Prickett.
March 24, 1980 - An interview with John Orlock, resident playwright for the Cricket Theater in Minneapolis. Orlock talks about the field of drama and his work Revolution of the Heavenly Orbs.
March 28, 1980 - On this segment of People On Books, a review of Myself As Witness by James Goldman.