July 16, 1993 - On this Voices from the Heartland segment, Southern writer Lee Smith reads from her novel, The Devil’s Dream.
July 17, 1993 - MPR’s Chris Roberts reports on the poetry scene in the Twin Cities by visiting local performance venues. Roberts interviews organizers and poets and gets their take on Minnesota’s poetry revival.
July 21, 1993 - MPR’s Bob Potter interviews former St. Paul Pioneer Press journalist John Camp about his new work under the pseudonym John Sandford and his “Prey” mystery crime series.
July 26, 1993 - MPR’s Cathy Wurzer interviews American lawyer, political figure, and writer Roger MacBride about is continuation of the “Little House” story via Wilder materials and a Rose Years spin‑off. Little House on Rocky Ridge is the first in series.
July 28, 1993 - Jeffrey Archer, novelist and former Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom, talks about his writing career. He also details his book, Honour Among Thieves. Honour Among Thieves is a thriller novel about Saddam Hussein's plot to steal and destroy the Declaration of Independence to embarrass the U.S. on July 4th.
August 10, 1993 - Two All Things Considered cuts of American writer Joyce Carol Oates. The first is interview excerpt about her book, Foxfire. The second is a short reading from book.
August 13, 1993 - On this Voices from the Heartland segment, Southern writer Lee Smith provides another reading from her novel, The Devil’s Dream.
August 17, 1993 - American writer and novelist Kate Lehrer talks about the characters from her novel, When They Took Away the Man in the Moon.
September 4, 1993 - J. H. reads Autumn, a poem by Minnesota writer Paul Gruchow.
September 16, 1993 - MPR’s Liz Hannon talks with St. Paul author Greg Mulcahy about getting published and his collected fiction debut, titled Out Of Work: Stories and Novella.