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.
March 11, 1993 - Gary Harm, grand-nephew of Minnesota artist and children’s book author Wanda Gág, reads Millions of Cats. Millions of Cats won the 1929 Newbery Honor and remains one of the oldest American picture books still in print.
March 13, 1993 - This Weekend Edition segment presents Isabell Monk, member of Guthrie Theater acting company, reading the scene "Indigo Gets Her Period" from Ntozake Shange’s Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo.