October 7, 1992 - Worldview presents part two of an interview with Nadine Gordimer, South African writer, activist, and Nobel Prize winner. Gordimer discusses her activities as a Nobel Prize recipient and the political and social changes taking place in South Africa.
October 10, 1992 - MPR’s John Merli presents a profile of American novelist and short story writer N. Scott Momaday. The report highlights his writing and Native American background.
October 17, 1992 - Historian and pop culture expert Karal Ann Marling talks with Minneapolis author M. D. Lake about his books, including A Gift of Murder. Lake’s mysteries revolve around murder and universities.
October 20, 1992 - Canadian poet and fiction writer Michael Ondaatje reads from his novel, The English Patient.
October 20, 1992 - Canadian poet and fiction writer Michael Ondaatje reads from his novel, The English Patient.
November 6, 1992 - African American writer Paule Marshall reads from her book, Daughters.
December 1, 1992 - MPR’s Joe Kelly reports on a Duluth public reading of poetry about people’s experiences with AIDS, sponsored by local group Poetry Harbor.
December 12, 1992 - Local commentator and writer Lawrence Sutin reflects on the joy of reading and how that joy now is in the experience of reading to his daughter.
December 15, 1992 - MPR’s Elizabeth Stawicki reports on Mound-Westonka High School’s decision to remove Pat Conroy’s The Lords of Discipline from the school’s curriculum. Report includes various interviews on various perspectives of the action, from those who deem it as censorship, to those who see it as protecting teenage readers.
December 15, 1992 - MPR’s Mike Edgerly reads a segment from The Lords of Discipline. The Pat Conroy novel was removed from the curriculum at Mound-Westonka High School.