December 24, 2007 - A memorial service is being planned for early next year for Carol Bly. She died of ovarian cancer on Friday at the age of 77. Bly is being remembered as an exemplary writer and an excellent mother. She was a fiction writer, essayist and creative writingA memorial service is being planned for early next year for Carol Bly. She died of ovarian cancer on Friday at the age of 77. Bly is being remembered as an exemplary writer and an excellent mother . She was a fiction writer, essayist and creative writing teacher. Carol Bly was born in Duluth, but spent part of her childhood living with her aunts in rural North Carolina because her mother was often hospitalized. Bly talked about her mother during an interview with Dan Olson in March of 1999.
May 9, 1997 - From "I've Always Meant to Tell You: Letters to Our Mothers - An Anthology of Contemporary Women Writers." Edited by Constance Warloe. Published by Pocket Books, 1997.
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March 27, 1995 - Includes interviews with MPR staff on grammar pet peeves.
October 13, 1994 - Noted Minnesota author Carol Bly comments on Kenzaburō Ōe, winner of 1994 Nobel Prize for Literature. Bly shares her thoughts on writing that contains a social component.
January 1, 1992 - On this New Year’s Day, Randall Davidson, Rudy Boschwitz, and Carol Bly provide their thoughts on what they see for 1992.
April 9, 1991 - Morning Edition’s Beth Friend interviews Minnesota writer Carol Bly on her book, The Tomcat's Wife and Other Stories. Bly details the book’s characters.
April 9, 1991 - Morning Edition’s Beth Friend interviews Minnesota writer Carol Bly on her book, The Tomcat's Wife and Other Stories. Bly discusses how the book characters in small town find ‘fun.’
January 18, 1991 - MPR’s Beth Friend interviews Minnesota writers Patricia Hampl and Carol Bly about the importance of reading during times of war. Interview takes place during The Gulf War.