This collection encompasses 50-plus years of interviews, readings, speeches, and reports on the vibrant literary scene in Minnesota. Not only home to giants F. Scott Fitzgerald and Sinclair Lewis, our state has an array of incredible contemporary poets, novelists and playwrights. Their words make up majority of this collection.
Repeatedly being named the “Most Literate City in the United States,” the Twin Cities has played host to numerous visiting national writers via book tours, festivals, and lectures. Many recordings of these are also included.
This project was funded by the National Historical Publications & Records Commission.
December 14, 1979 -
December 17, 1979 - Author and journalist David Halberstam speaking as part of the Minneapolis Public Library's "Portrait of a Lifestyle" program. David Halberstam talked about the media and its effect on us. Halberstam’s books include "The Powers That Be", a critique on the media, and "The Best and the Brightest,” examining the motivations behind U.S. policy in Vietnam.
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February 1, 1980 -
February 7, 1980 - Representative Jim Wright (D-Texas), House Majority Leader, speaks to the national press club about synthetic fuel production and other issues.