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 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.
June 11, 1993 - MPR’s Perry Finelli interviews Louise King and a Maud Hart Lovelace expert about the beloved Betsy-Tacy children’s book series, written by the Mankato native.
June 16, 1993 - MPR’s Karen Boothe interviews poet and editor Carolyn Forché, who shares insights into putting together Against Forgetting: Twentieth-century Poetry of Witness, an anthology of 140 poets writing on war, torture, exile, and repression.
September 26, 1994 - Midday presents author Amy Tan, author of the bestseller The Joy Luck Club, speaking at the Westminster Town Hall Forum on how "ethnic correctness", as she puts it, is taking its toll on literature.