January 5, 1993 - American author Douglas Wood reads from his children’s book, Old Turtle. The book is a fable about a wise turtle who teaches all beings about the interconnectedness of life, the environment, and spirituality, addressing questions about God and humanity's role on Earth.
January 6, 1993 - Bernard Brommer, president of the Minnesota AFL-CIO (American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations), discusses issues of concern to organized labor…including contract concessions, apprenticeship programs, and state budget problems.
January 8, 1993 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, northern Minnesota Barton Sutter reads his essay, A Christmas Card. Sutter thinks back on a particular card from his grandmother.
January 9, 1993 - Minnesota Black writers Pamela Fletcher, Margaret Carlson, and Chen Lee Barksdale talk about the importance of the Loft Literary Center’s Inroads Mentoring Program providing ‘voice’ to writers of color.
January 11, 1993 -
January 11, 1993 -
January 11, 1993 - MPR’s Gary Eichten interviews John Marty, state senator from District 54, about his ethics bill he is proposing at the State Capitol.
January 13, 1993 - A conversation with poet and literary critic Dana Gioia, author of Can Poetry Matter?: Essays on Poetry and American Culture. Gioia describes the slowing interest on poetry in popular culture.
January 14, 1993 - MPR’s John Biewen reports that Minnesota Educational Computing Consortium (Corporation) has pulled MECC software program “Freedom!” video game after criticism from students and schools, finding it racially inappropriate. The program simulates the attempt by African slaves to escape from an 1830s southern plantation via the Underground Railroad.
January 14, 1993 - MPR’s Mike Maus interviews Korean American author Marie Myung-Ok Lee. The Hibbing native talks about her book, Finding My Voice. Lee also discusses dealing with racism.