July 3, 1992 - Barton Sutter reads his essay “Boundary Waters Canoe Park.” Sutter recalls the travails to get into Boundary Waters being far more trecherous than the wild.
August 28, 1992 - On this segment of Voices from the Heartland, Minnesota writer Laurie Allmann reads an essay on the North Shore islands.
September 4, 1992 - Garrison Keillor hosts a special broadcast at the MPR State Fair booth. Keillor presents quite a collection of Minnesota poets.
September 19, 1992 - Eileen Myles poet reads her political poem "An American Poem."
January 15, 1993 - Author Anthony Signorelli reads "Pretend You Live in a Room" by poet William Stafford.
January 15, 1993 - Wisconsin poet Thomas R. Smith reads his poem "Contempt."
January 29, 1993 - On this Voices from the Heartland, Laurie Allmann reads a version of her essay on the sub-boreal forest of Minnesota later collected in "Far from Tame: Reflections from the Heart of a Continent," published by University of Minnesota Press.
February 5, 1993 - On this First Friday program, a collection of stories including Stepin Fetchet, trend-watching, can poetry matter?, barn poetry, stress of racism, who music serves, snowboarding terms, “Thank You, M’am,” and minor league baseball stadiums.
February 5, 1993 - On this First Friday segment, actor Gregory Alan Williams reads Langston Hughes short story "Thank You, Ma'am."
February 5, 1993 - American poet Dana Gioia reads his poem “Money.”