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.
June 18, 1993 - On this segment of Voices from the Heartland, American essayist Barry Lopez reads from his book, Crow and Weasel.
June 19, 1993 - A Weekend Edition interview with Minnesota writer Jim Heynen, author of The One-Room Schoolhouse: Stories About the Boys. Segment includes a discussion on imagery and reading of "The Hike,” a story from the book.
June 24, 1993 - Educator and local journalist Ann Daly Goodwin praises the work of young writers from a celebration held at Unity School in Balsam, Lake Wisconsin. Goodwin highlights the story, Something Under the Bed is Drooling.
June 25, 1993 - Voices from the Heartland segment presents local educator and author Judith Hougen reading her poem, Coming of Age.
June 26, 1993 - A reading of “Flood,” a story from Wendell Erdman Berry’s novel, A Place on Earth.
July 2, 1993 - On this Voices from the Heartland segment, American writer Anita Shreve reads from her novel, Where of When. Where and When is a contemporary romance and drama about an unhappily married insurance broker in Rhode Island.
July 5, 1993 - Midday broadcasts an MPR documentary called The Voice of Meridel Le Sueur, which includes various interviews and readings of Le Sueur’s work.
July 9, 1993 - Native author Jim Northrup reads from his book, Walking the Rez Road.