November 6, 1992 - On this segment of Voices from the Heartland, Duluth writer Barton Sutter reads an essay on autumn and death.
November 6, 1992 - African American writer Paule Marshall reads from her book, Daughters.
November 6, 1992 - MPR’s Mike Edgerly interviews veteran writers Tim O'Brien and Donna Marie from The Loft Literary Center, where they will hold a discussion on the experience and aftermath of Vietnam veterans.
November 7, 1992 - Gary Branson, editor of "Family Handyman," discusses various maintenance projects of the home. Branson also answers listener questions.
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November 8, 1992 - Mary Frances Berry, U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner, giving inaugural lecture in a new series of Hamline University Lectures on "Creating Community Through Diversity". Berry’s speech was titled "Achieving the American Dream". Berry gained national attention in 1983, when she and several other commissioners on the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights were fired by President Reagan for criticizing the President's civil rights policies. Berry successfully sued the government and was reinstated by a Federal District Court. She is a former Assistant Secretary for Education in the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, and is now a Professor of American Social Thought at the University of Pennsylvania.
November 9, 1992 - Mickey Kaus, senior editor at The New Republic, speaking recently at Hamline University’s Justice for Everyone lecture series. Theme of this lecture was "Democracy, Diversity and Disparity: The Growing Urban Poor." Kaus is the author of a book called “The End of Equality”. Larry Osness, president of Hamline University, introduced Kaus.
November 9, 1992 - Ronald Walters, professor of political science at Howard University, speaking recently at Hamline University’s Justice for Everyone lecture series. Theme of this lecture was "Democracy, Diversity and Disparity: The Growing Urban Poor." Walters is the author of several books, including "Black Presidential Politics in America", and was a consultant to the Jesse Jackson presidential campaigns. Larry Osness, president of Hamline University, introduced Walters.
November 9, 1992 - Q&A period at "Democracy, Diversity and Disparity: The Growing Urban Poor" lecture held at Hamline University’s Justice for Everyone lecture series. Participants Mickey Kaus, editor of the New Republic; and Ronald Walters, professor of political science at Howard University, answered audience questions after their respective speeches.
November 9, 1992 - MPR’s Donna Nicholson profiles veterans and their loved ones who find an outlet and a form of therapy in the act of writing about the Vietnam and Korean War experience.