October 13, 1993 - Thomas Friedman, New York Times correspondent, speaking at the Woman's Club of Minneapolis. Friedman’s address was titled “The Clinton Administration: A Report Card." Friedman also spoke on the peace in middle east, which he believes will be a series of 'grey compromises'. Friedman is author of the book “From Beirut to Jerusalem.”
October 13, 1993 - MPR’s Perry Finelli interviews American non-fiction writer Tracy Kidder about his book, Old Friends. The book explores aging via the experiences of residents at Linda Manor, a nursing home in Northampton, Massachusetts.
October 13, 1993 - MPR’s Euna Kerr profiles a local production of I Never Saw Another Butterfly, a collection of works of art and poetry by Jewish children who lived in the concentration camp Theresienstadt. Segment includes interviews with survivor Raja Englanderova-Zadnikova and playwright Celeste Raspanti.
October 14, 1993 - Midday presents Westminster Town Hall Forum speech by Betty Rollin, author and NBC News correspondent. Rollin wrote the best-selling book “Last Wish” about the suicide of her terminally ill mother.
October 14, 1993 - MPR’s Perry Finelli interviews Minnesota author Earl Pike about his book, We Are All Living With AIDS: How You Can Set Politics and Guidelines for the Workplace. Pike details a pathway for employees and employers to address the disease in a work environment.
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October 15, 1993 - Minnesota writer and ornithologist Laura Erickson talks about her book, For the Birds: An Uncommon Guide. Erickson reads a short essay from book.
October 15, 1993 - On this installment of Voices from the Heartland, Minnesota author Barton Sutter shares his essay on Duluth's Park Point.
October 15, 1993 - Local theater critic Erin Hart reviews Assassins, being staged at the History Theatre. The play follows a group of historical figures who made assassination attempts on U.S. Presidents.
October 15, 1993 - A Voices from the Heartland Q&A with Duluth poet Barton Sutter. Feature includes Sutter reading of “Taconite Harbor,” and a discussion on his poetry collection, The Book of Names.