January 15, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan Interviews Minneapolis poet Keith Gunderson, who talks about his work 3142 Lyndale Ave. So. Apt. 24: Prose Poems and writing poetry. Segment also includes Gunderson reading his poetry.
January 19, 1979 - An interview with author Jon Hassler. He was one of five Minnesotans that won $10,000 grants from the Minnesota State Arts Board for annual fellowships. Segment includes reading segments.
February 15, 1979 - Poets Joe and Nancy Paddock share their impressions on the sale of Bethlehem Lutheran Church, located in Taunton Minnesota. Segment also includes comments from Vickie Sturgeon and church members.
February 27, 1979 - Ossie Davis, actor and author, talks about Black oral tradition at the Science Auditorium on the campus of the College of Saint Scholastica in Duluth. Event was held on March 29, 1978. Davis uses personal examples to explain the importance of the oral tradition in Black culture.
March 20, 1979 - Options broadcast of Women Who Dared to Write series, which profiles four important women writers: Virginia Woolf, Elizabeth Barrette Browning, Louisa May Alcott and Charlotte Bronte. Part one highlights Woolf. The series presents excerpts of their works and is hosted by Fred Calland.
March 21, 1979 - This Poets-In-Residence Series segment profiles The Plains Bookbus, which carries the titles of books printed by small presses to many communities in our region. The book bus driver and some of its patrons talk about the books and their life on the plains.
March 22, 1979 - Options broadcast of Women Who Dared to Write series, which profiles four important women writers: Virginia Woolf, Elizabeth Barrette Browning, Louisa May Alcott and Charlotte Bronte. Part three highlights Alcott.
March 23, 1979 - Options broadcast of Women Who Dared to Write series, which profiles four important women writers: Virginia Woolf, Elizabeth Barrette Browning, Louisa May Alcott and Charlotte Bronte. Part four highlights Bronte.
March 27, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan profiles and interviews author Stanley Elkin. The author talks about his book The Living End and reads from his work.
March 28, 1979 - MPR’s Nancy Fushan talks with feminist Black poet Audre Lorde about the power in her poetry. Segment also includes Lorde reading her poetry.