October 11, 1993 - MPR’s Mike Mulcahy interviews Melvin Carter, Jr. and Mario Lee, members of Save Our Sons (SOS). Carter and Lee talk of the challenges and needs of community to guide and support youth.
October 12, 1993 - MPR’s Mike Edgerly talks with American author Frank Conroy about his writing process, his published works, and being a musician. In interview, Conroy explains the importance of books and music in his life.
October 12, 1993 - MPR’s Euen Kerr talks with Native American poet Jamison Mahto about poetry and cultural misconceptions. Mahto reads “The Blue Apache” from his book, Blues For Franklin Avenue: A Collection of Poetry.
October 12, 1993 - MPR’s Kitty Eisele interviews Chilean writer Isabel Allende. The two discuss Allende’s novels and personal life experience.
October 12, 1993 - George Latimer, former mayor of St. Paul, comments on mayoral involvement in abortion topic, including current Mayor James Scheibel.
October 13, 1993 - Thomas Friedman, New York Times correspondent, speaking at the Woman's Club of Minneapolis. Friedman’s address was titled “The Clinton Administration: A Report Card." Friedman also spoke on the peace in middle east, which he believes will be a series of 'grey compromises'. Friedman is author of the book “From Beirut to Jerusalem.”
October 13, 1993 - MPR’s Perry Finelli interviews American non-fiction writer Tracy Kidder about his book, Old Friends. The book explores aging via the experiences of residents at Linda Manor, a nursing home in Northampton, Massachusetts.
October 13, 1993 - MPR’s Euna Kerr profiles a local production of I Never Saw Another Butterfly, a collection of works of art and poetry by Jewish children who lived in the concentration camp Theresienstadt. Segment includes interviews with survivor Raja Englanderova-Zadnikova and playwright Celeste Raspanti.
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October 14, 1993 - Midday presents Westminster Town Hall Forum speech by Betty Rollin, author and NBC News correspondent. Rollin wrote the best-selling book “Last Wish” about the suicide of her terminally ill mother.