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.
April 23, 1993 - On this Voices from the Heartland segment, author Jane Yolen reads from her children’s book, Welcome to the Green House.
May 3, 1993 - MPR’s John Biewen profiles Minneosta poet Bill Holm after his heart attack. Holm talks about his health, his time in China, writing, and disdain for strict nutrition.
May 7, 1993 - British Mystery author Anne Perry talks on researching British history and culture for her book, Farrier's Lane. The title is a Victorian mystery involving a judge's murder and potential miscarriage of justice.
May 7, 1993 - American novelist Jane Smiley talks of women, motherhood, and writing.
May 8, 1993 - A reading from Native American author Louise Erdrich’s The Blue Jay's Dance: A Birth Year. The book is a meditation on the experience of motherhood and the first nonfiction work by Erdrich.
May 14, 1993 - A Midmorning interview with Minnesota author and teacher Jon Hassler, who talks about the process of writing Dear James. Hassler first got the idea of novel during a trip to the Vatican.
May 28, 1993 - On this Voices from the Heartland segment, American novelist Kaye Gibbons reads from her book, Charms for the Easy Life.
May 31, 1993 - MPR’s Kitty Eisele talks with American novelist Jim Lewis about Sister, his first novel. The book looks at experiences between young girls and troubled boys.