January 15, 1982 - MPR’s Mara Ann Tapp profiles and interviews Meridel Le Sueur. The author discusses the book Ripening, a comprehensive collection of her work. Le Sueur also comments on her love for the Midwest and time in Minnesota. Le Sueur is associated with the proletarian literature movement of the 1930s and 1940s.
April 11, 1982 - NPR’s Connie Goldman interviews author and poet James Dickey, who shares his thoughts on writing.
April 17, 1982 - On this Weekend program, MPR’s Dale Connelly has a conversation with Margaret Atwood, author of Bodily Harm. Atwood comments on the differential power and aggressive dynamics between men and women.
July 25, 1982 - MPR’s Connie Goldman visits Taos to meet author John Nichols. The two talk at his kitchen table about his background and his writing.
August 1, 1982 - NPR’s Connie Goldman profiles and interviews mid-western writer Meridel Le Sueur, who discusses and reads from her work.
October 1, 1982 - MPR’s Tom Meersman profiles Minnesota author Judith Guest. In an interview, Guest details the experience of writing a second novel after the huge success of her first book, Ordinary People.
November 16, 1982 - Carol Bly, a Minnesota poet, author, and columnist, discusses the importance of fairy tales (folk tales) for both children and adults. Bly also answers listener questions.
November 27, 1982 - Librarian Mary Alice Sell answers live listener questions about selecting books as holiday gifts for children and teenagers.
January 15, 1983 - MPR’s Stephen Smith profiles Edgar Allan Poe with stage actor Jake Esau. Segment includes interview with Esau and reading from Poe’s work.
March 1, 1983 - About Books and Writers host Robert Cromie talks with novelist Jean M. Auel.