Collection
People on Books
People on Books was an MPR book review series that ran from 1979-1980. It contained commentary on book releases from various local reviewers, usually aligned with the subject matter of publication.
62 Collection Items
- People On Books: Andrea Halgrimson reviews Jane Grigson's "Food with the Famous"
On this segment of People on Books, Andrea Halgrimson, ethnic cooking instructor in Fargo-Moorhead, reviews Food with the Famous by Jane Grigson.
- People On Books: Majorie Dorne reviews Robert Harbison's "Deliberate Regression"
On this segment of People on Books, Majorie Dorne, associate professor of English at Winona State, reviews Deliberate Regression by Robert Harbison.
- People On Books: Paul Gruchow reviews Osborn Elliott's "The World of Oz"
On this segment of People on Books, Paul Gruchow comments on The World of Oz: An Inside Report on Big-Time Journalism by Osborn Elliott.
- People On Books: David Robinson reviews Mary Hedin's "Fly Away Home"
On this segment of People on Books, David Robinson reviews Fly Away Home by Mary Hedin.
- People On Books: Edward Berryman reviews Peter F. Williams' "A New History of the Organ from the Greeks to the Present Day"
On this segment of People on Books, Edward Berryman, organist and director of Music at Westminster Presbyterian Church of Minneapolis, reviews A New History of the Organ from the Greeks to the Present Day by Peter F. Williams.
- People On Books: Eoin McKiernan reviews Hugh Leonard's "Home Before Night"
On this segment of People on Books, Eoin McKiernan, president of the Irish American Cultural Institute at St. Thomas University, reviews Home Before Night by Hugh Leonard.
- People On Books: Karen Hoyle reviews Richard W. Barber's "A Companion to World Mythology"
On this segment of People on Books, Karen Nelson Hoyle, assistant professor and curator of the Children's Literature Research Collections, reviews A Companion to World Mythology by Richard W. Barber.
- People On Books: Mary Alice Sell reviews a collection of young adult literature
On this segment of People on Books, librarian Mary Alice Sell reviews three young adult novels: I Hate to Talk About Your Mother by Hettie Jones; Valley of the Broken Cherry Trees by Lensey Namioka; and Tangled Butterfly by Marion Dane Bauer, a Minnesotan.
- People On Books: James Bohen reviews Dervla Murphy's "Wheels Within Wheels"
On this segment of People on Books, James Bohen, of Irish Books and Media, reviews Wheels Within Wheels: The Making of a Traveller, by Dervla Murphy.
- People On Books: Bob Miller reviews Andrew Potok's "Ordinary Daylight: Portrait of an Artist Going Blind"
On this segment of People on Books, Bob Miller reviews Ordinary Daylight: Portrait of an Artist Going Blind by Andrew Potok.