March 22, 1979 - Options broadcast of Women Who Dared to Write series, which profiles four important women writers: Virginia Woolf, Elizabeth Barrette Browning, Louisa May Alcott and Charlotte Bronte. Part three highlights Alcott.
March 23, 1979 - Options broadcast of Women Who Dared to Write series, which profiles four important women writers: Virginia Woolf, Elizabeth Barrette Browning, Louisa May Alcott and Charlotte Bronte. Part four highlights Bronte.
October 24, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan talks with writer William Burroughs, whose credited by some as the father of the beat generation. Segment also includes Burroughs reading his work.
April 22, 1980 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan interviews poet Faye Kicknosway, an attendee at the Midwest Writers Festival. Segment also includes reading form Kicknosway.
April 23, 1980 - Nancy Fushan profiles poet Jerald Bullis. Segment includes an interview and reading with writer. Bullis’ poetry are literary portraits of his intrinsic relationship with nature.
August 28, 1980 - MPR's Tom Meersman talks with Irish American author J. P. Donleavy, who discusses living in Ireland, his novel Schults, and other matters.
October 8, 1980 - As the first part of Walker Art Center's 1980 Literature Series with guest Imamu Amiri Baraka begins, MPR’s Nancy Fushan profiles the author. Program includes a re-broadcast of audio from 1978 North Dakota Writers Conference, in which Baraka, William Burroughs, and Tillie Olson participated.
January 25, 1981 - This portion of "Options" contains profiles of two creative men: the architect, master planner, and holistic builder Paolo Soleri; and the Chilean poet and Nobel laureate Pablo Neruda.
February 18, 1981 - On this Midday program, author and illustrator Tomie dePaola talks about writing children's books and answers listener questions. He also discusses the stage version of his children's book, Clown of God, being produced by the Children's Theater Company of Minneapolis.
October 1, 1981 - Midday presents a National Town Meeting about the great American novel with authors Francine Gray and Larry McMurtry.