March 7, 1980 - On this segment of People On Books, Dorthy Mardin, a CPA and tax accountant, reviews All You Need to Know about the IRS : A Taxpayer's Guide by Paul N. Strassels.
March 7, 1980 - As part of the Walker Arts Center series on Modernism, literary critic Hugh Kenner discusses the meanings of modernism. The speech presents challenges faced by the writer, the reader, and the critic.
March 8, 1980 - Jackpine Bob Cary, Ely writer and storyteller, pitches his candidacy for U.S. president in a humorous conversation with MPR’s Rich Dietman.
March 8, 1980 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan profiles and interviews poet and novelist Marge Piercy.
March 11, 1980 - Author Susan Pearson and illustrator Charles Mikolaycak discuss children's literature and answer listeners' questions.
March 12, 1980 - On this segment of People On Books, teacher Mary Gardner reviews A Married Man by Piers Paul Read.
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March 14, 1980 - On this segment of People On Books, Ed Clark, editorial writer for the Miller Publishing Company, reviews Caroline by Thea Holme.
March 14, 1980 - MPR’s Mary Stucky talks with archivist Andrea Hinding, the editor of a new two-volume historical reference book, Women's History Sources: A Guide to Archives and Manuscript Collections in the United States, put out by the University of Minnesota Press.
March 17, 1980 - John Orlock, resident playwright for the Cricket Theater in Minneapolis, describes his play Revolution of the Heavenly Orbs. It is the first time Orlock has attempted a three-act play.