February 5, 1993 - On this First Friday segment, actor Gregory Alan Williams reads Langston Hughes short story, Thank You, Ma'am.
February 5, 1993 - In this segment from First Friday program, American poet Dana Gioia reads his poem, Money.
February 12, 1993 - Local playwright and storyteller Kevin Kling reads the poem To His Coy Mistress by Andrew Marvell.
February 18, 1993 - American novelist, playwright, and essayist Darryl Pinckney talks about the ideas behind his debut novel, High Cotton. The story looks into the world of upper-middle-class Black elite.
February 26, 1993 - On this segment of Voices from the Heartland, a reading of author F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Absolution.
March 1, 1993 - Minnesota author Gary Paulsen shares details on his research for book, Nightjohn. Paulsen, a writer of children's and young adult fiction, also comments on the importance of children in our culture.
March 5, 1993 - On this First Friday program, MPR’s Beth Friend presents story and interview collection that includes: A look at Menstrual Wealth Catalogue; Isabell Mink reads from Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo; Bill Paternostro on sidewalk star making in Hollywood; Minnesota Orchestra labor dispute; filmmaker Kathleen Swann on a Minnesota murder; Jeff Hitt on artificial life; and Pulitzer prize winner Oscar Hijuelos discusses The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien.
March 5, 1993 - This First Friday program segment presents an interview with American novelist Oscar Hijuelos about his book, The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien.
March 10, 1993 - American poet and novelist Julia Alvarez reads from How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents.
March 11, 1993 - Midmorning’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Karen Nelson Hoyle, historian and expert in children's literature at University of Minnesota, about the life and works of children’s writer and artist Wanda Gág.