March 15, 1993 - An All Things Considered interview with American writer Dorothy Allison about her book, Bastard Out of Carolina. The focus of conversation is on abuse and the family network.
March 18, 1993 - MPR’s Beth Friend profiles Abraham Rodriguez’s Spidertown: A Novel. Segment includes interview with Rodriguez and reading from book by the author.
April 8, 1993 - MPR’s Kate Moos reads James Wright’s beloved poem, A Blessing. The poem is based on an actual experience James Wright had whilst driving home one late afternoon with his friend Robert Bly, a fellow poet. They had pulled off the highway and stopped to admire two ponies.
April 8, 1993 - Zimbabwean author Shimmer Chinodya reads from his book, Harvest of Thorns.
April 8, 1993 - An All Things Considered interview with Andrew Vachss, American crime fiction author, child protection consultant, and attorney. Vachss talks about characters from his novel, Shella, and his fight against horrific abuse of children.
April 9, 1993 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer talks with Sandra Haldeman, editor of Papier-Mache Press, about “If I Had My Life to Live Over I Would Pick More Daisies.” Haldeman talks about aging and details impetus in putting together the book.
April 16, 1993 - A Midmorning Edition conversation with Jane Yolen, an American writer of fantasy, science fiction, and children's books. Topics include writing differences for genres and her books, including Letting Swift River Go.
April 16, 1993 - On this Voices from the Heartland segment, MPR’s Mike Edgerly reads from The Wilderness Letter by Wallace Stegner.
April 22, 1993 - American novelist and screenwriter Jay McInerney reads from his book, Brightness Falls.
April 23, 1993 - MPR’s Mike Maus interviews Minnesotan author Marie Lee on her young adult novel, If It Hadn’t Been for Yoon Jun. Following a reading segment, Lee discusses the struggles of integrating her Korean and American identities and of feeling different than most other adolescents in her youth.