April 16, 1993 - On this Voices from the Heartland segment, MPR’s Mike Edgerly reads from The Wilderness Letter by Wallace Stegner.
April 16, 1993 - MPR’s Mike Edgerly interviews Phantom Poet, who shares his frustration with winter. Phantom Poet also reads a poem about spring.
April 22, 1993 - American novelist and screenwriter Jay McInerney reads from his book, Brightness Falls.
April 23, 1993 - MPR’s Mike Maus interviews Minnesotan author Marie Lee on her young adult novel, If It Hadn’t Been for Yoon Jun. Following a reading segment, Lee discusses the struggles of integrating her Korean and American identities and of feeling different than most other adolescents in her youth.
April 23, 1993 - On this Voices from the Heartland segment, author Jane Yolen reads from her children’s book, Welcome to the Green House.
April 30, 1993 - On this Voices from the Heartland segment, American writer and farmer Stanley Crawford reads from his memoir, A Garlic Testament: Seasons on a Small New Mexico Farm.
April 30, 1993 - MPR’s Liz Hannon interviews American food journalist Lynne Rossetto Kasper about winning International Association of Culinary Professionals Cookbook of the Year award. During segment, Kasper reads from The Splendid Table: Recipes from Emilia-Romagna, the Heartland of Northern Italian Food.
May 3, 1993 - MPR’s John Biewen profiles Minneosta poet Bill Holm after his heart attack. Holm talks about his health, his time in China, writing, and disdain for strict nutrition.
May 7, 1993 - Minneapolis Black author Shika Doss reads her work about her mother, family, and estranged father.
May 7, 1993 - On this Voices from the Heartland segment, Minnesota writer Laurie Allmann reads an essay about a dawn experience outside Fargo, North Dakota.