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.
October 1, 1994 - A Weekend Edition interview with American crime novelist Mickey Spillane, who details his path into writing after returning from service in the army during World War II.
October 6, 1994 - A Midmorning conversation with Montana writer Ivan Doig, who opens up about his thoughts on writing about family and the mythos of the American West.
October 7, 1994 - An All Things Considered interview with novelist Michael Dorris, who talks about the background behind his children’s book, Guests.
October 7, 1994 - MPR’s Dan Olson reads an excerpt from Guests, a children’s book written by Michael Dorris.
October 13, 1994 - Noted Minnesota author Carol Bly comments on Kenzaburō Ōe, winner of 1994 Nobel Prize for Literature. Bly shares her thoughts on writing that contains a social component.
October 14, 1994 - Midmorning’s Perry Finelli talks with Karen Nelson Hoyle, curator of the Kerlan Collection. Hoyle gives insights into various holdings within the internationally recognized children’s literature library archive, housed at the University of Minnesota.
October 27, 1994 - A recording of Robert Bly providing a short spoken performance about men and women.
October 27, 1994 - On this Midmorning segment, acclaimed poet Robert Bly discusses and reads from his 1994 poetry publication, Meditations on the Insatiable Soul. Bly also talks about his writing on men’s movement.
February 3, 1995 - On this segment of First Friday, MPR’s Beth Friend interviews American poet Christopher Merrill, who shares his frustration on the lack of concern in arts community of the Bosnian War tragedy. Segment also includes Merrill reading Bosnian poetry.