May 7, 1993 - American novelist Jane Smiley talks of women, motherhood, and writing.
May 7, 1993 - On this First Friday program, MPR’s Beth Friend presents a story collection that includes: Tuning into International Radio Network; author Jane Smiley on considering the “mother’s point of view;” Randy Davidson on death of the American orchestras; heyday of Minnesota’s ballrooms; and tips shopping for music at ethnic grocers.
April 23, 1993 - MPR’s Beth Friend reports on Patient A, a play by Minneapolis playwright Lee Blessing. The work is about AIDS victim Kimberly Bergalis.
April 2, 1993 - On this First Friday program, MPR’s Beth Friend presents story and interview collection that includes: Minneapolis playwright Lee Blessing and Patient A, a play about AIDS victim Kimberly Bergalis; a chat with trendwatcher Vickie Abrahamson; Stephen Sommers, director of Walt Disney film The Adventures of Huck Finn; art critic Patrice Koelsch…are critics too reticent?; art critic Dan Sullivan…are Minnesotans too nice?; Black teens with video artist Daniel Bergin; computer music minus one on play-along records; commentator Susan Berkson on spring ritual of getting married.
March 18, 1993 - MPR’s Beth Friend profiles Abraham Rodriguez’s Spidertown: A Novel. Segment includes interview with Rodriguez and reading from book by the author.
March 10, 1993 - MPR’s Beth Friend talks with Minnesota storyteller Kevin Kling about his play, The Ice Fishing Play. Kling is performing the play at the Humana Festival in Louisville, Kentucky. Segment includes a short monologue reading by Kling.
March 5, 1993 - This First Friday program segment presents an interview with American novelist Oscar Hijuelos about his book, The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien.
March 5, 1993 - On this First Friday program, MPR’s Beth Friend presents story and interview collection that includes: A look at Menstrual Wealth Catalogue; Isabell Mink reads from Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo; Bill Paternostro on sidewalk star making in Hollywood; Minnesota Orchestra labor dispute; filmmaker Kathleen Swann on a Minnesota murder; Jeff Hitt on artificial life; and Pulitzer prize winner Oscar Hijuelos discusses The Fourteen Sisters of Emilio Montez O'Brien.
February 13, 1993 - MPR’s Beth Friend profiles Black playwright Endesha Ida Mae Holland. Segment includes interview with Holland, who recollects on time in Minnesota and how she found her path to writing.
February 5, 1993 - In this segment from First Friday program, a conversation with Black playwright Michael Henry Brown about his play, King of Coons.