November 15, 1996 - This Midday program presents two parts: Part 1 a discussion with studio guest Minnesota's attorney General Hubert H. Humphrey III, who answers listener questions about the prevention of violence. Part 2 is an excerpt from a 1982 interview with writer Meridel Le Sueur, who died at the age of 96 on November 14th, 1996.
January 15, 1982 - MPR’s Mara Ann Tapp profiles and interviews Meridel Le Sueur. The author discusses the book Ripening, a comprehensive collection of her work. Le Sueur also comments on her love for the Midwest and time in Minnesota. Le Sueur is associated with the proletarian literature movement of the 1930s and 1940s.
November 13, 1981 - MPR's Mary Anne Tapp talks with playwright Edward Albee about theater, his work, and the Chimera's recent production of his play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
June 20, 1981 - An excerpt of American poet and educator Ai Ogawa reading from her work.