March 7, 1992 - Local teacher and writer Julie Landsman reads some of her writing. The setting of this piece is a cafe.
March 13, 1992 - On this Voices from the Heartland episode, MPR’s Marlana Benzie-Lourey talks with central Minnesota poet Nancy Paddock about the growing popularity of poetry, teaching workshops at nursing home, and the different types of poems. Paddock also reads numerous poems.
March 19, 1992 - Local author and teacher Julie Landsman records a reading about her father and the resistance during WWII.
March 20, 1992 - On this Voices from the Heartland segment, Duluth writer Barton Sutter reads his essay, A City upon a Hill. Sutter looks at the precarious nature of a wintery city on a hill.
March 21, 1992 - Local short story writer Jim Heynen reads Fewer Cats Now.
April 24, 1992 - On this segment of Voices from the Heartland, Minnesota author Barton Sutter reads his essay on the Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth. It details the iconic structure that borders between Superior Bay and Lake Superior.
May 15, 1992 - On this Voices from the Heartland episode, MPR’s Marlana Benzie-Lourey talks with central Minnesota poet Jerry Hansen about his time serving during Vietnam War, and his poetry about that experience. Hansen also reads numerous poems.
May 22, 1992 - On this Voices from the Heartland segment, Minnesota author Barton Sutter reads his essay on Lake Superior, titled “God.”
May 25, 1992 - MPR’s Paula Schroeder interviews author Martha Hellander about her book "The Wild Gardener: The Life and Selected Writings of Eloise Butler." Hellander shares various biographical details on Butler and the creation of The Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary in Minneapolis.
June 5, 1992 - MPR’s Kitty Eisle interviews Howard Sivertson, a Grand Marais artist and author of "Once Upon an Isle: The Story of Fishing Families on Isle Royale." Sivertson details the past of Isle Royale fishermen.