Meridel Le Sueur

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• Meridel Le Sueur Obituary, Excerpts From Interviews and Readings

  The words of longtime writer and political activist Meridel Le Sueur, who died yesterday at the age of 96. Le Seur objected to being called one of Minnesota's "treasures" -- that's a patriarchal term, she said -- but she was regarded that way. Meridel Le Sueur chronicled the suffering of women and families during the Great Depression. She was a blacklisted social activist, stuntwoman and - for a time - the voice of Betty Crocker.

  Nov. 15, 19968 minSave
• Skip Humphrey on violence prevention / Meridel Le Sueur interview

  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.

  Nov. 15, 1996Save
• "Arise: The Cultural Legacy of Meridel Le Sueur" program at Augsburg College

  A Morning Edition conversation about "Arise: The Cultural Legacy of Meridel Le Sueur," a program of music, stories, performance art, displays, and presentations by community artists. The celebration event is held at the Foss Center, Augsburg College.

  May. 13, 19949 minSave
• Erin Hart reviews "Hard Times Come Again No More"

  Erin Hart reviews "Hard Times Come Again No More" at the Illusion Theater. The play is based on Meridel Le Sueur.

  Apr. 8, 19946 minSave
• A profile on "Hard Times Come Again No More," a play on the writings by Meridel Le Sueur

  MPR’s Eaun Kerr profiles the Illusion Theater production of Hard Times Come Again No More, a play based on the writings by Meridel Le Sueur. Segment includes interviews and performance clips.

  Mar. 31, 19945 minSave
• A discussion about "Hard Times Come Again No More" play

  Director Steven Kent and playwright Martha Boesing talk about creating Hard Times Come Again No More, a play based on the writings of Meridel Le Sueur.

  Mar. 31, 19949 minSave
• The Voice of Meridel Le Sueur, a documentary

  Midday broadcasts an MPR documentary called The Voice of Meridel Le Sueur, which includes various interviews and readings of Le Sueur’s work.

  Jul. 5, 199329 minSave
• A reading of Meridel Le Sueur's "I Was Marching"

  Guthrie Theater actress Sally Wingert reads the Meridel Le Sueur essay, I Was Marching.

  May. 24, 199127 minSave
• Faces: Meridel Le Sueur

  NPR’s Connie Goldman profiles and interviews mid-western writer Meridel Le Sueur, who discusses and reads from her work.

  Aug. 1, 198213 minSave
• A profile of Meridel Le Sueur

  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.

  Jan. 15, 1982Save