February 12, 2007 - The art of the memoir. Ever thought about writing a memoir? Accomplished memoirists Patricia Hampl and Katherine Lanpher offered some advice in a forum at the Loft Literary Center.
February 12, 2007 - Ever thought about writing a memoir? Accomplished memoirists Patricia Hampl and Katherine Lanpher offered some advice in a forum at the Loft Literary Center.
October 19, 2006 - Continued discussion with Katherine Lanpher, former MPR "Midmorning" host. Lanpher left Minnesota for New York City, and returns to the MPR airwaves to discuss book about her move to the big city. Lanpher also answers listener questions. This is part 2 of 2. Lanpher is also former co-host of "The Al Franken Show" on Air America Radio. Lanpher's book is titled "Leap Days: Chronicles of a Midlife Move." Program contains pledge-drive segments.
October 19, 2006 - Katherine Lanpher, former MPR "Midmorning" host, who left Minnesota for New York City, returns to the MPR airwaves to discuss book about her move to the big city. Lanpher also answers listener questions. This is part 1 of 2. Lanpher is also former co-host of "The Al Franken Show" on Air America Radio. Lanpher's book is titled "Leap Days: Chronicles of a Midlife Move." Program contains pledge-drive segments.
March 12, 2003 - Talking Volumes rebroadcast. Author Robert Alexander, known locally as R.D. Zimmerman, talks with Katherine Lanpher about his new novel. The Kitchen Boy: A Novel of the Last Tsar is based on historical research and suggests what might have happened before and after the assassination of Russia's ruling Romanov family in Siberia in 1918.
October 24, 2002 - Midmorning’s Katherine Lanpher talks with Eric Hickey, a professor of criminal psychology at Cal State Fresno and author of Serial Murderers and Their Victims. Hickey discusses the D.C. area sniper shootings and how profiles are developed. Hickey also answers listener questions.
February 11, 2002 - Rob Horton is 12 years old and lives with his father at the Kentucky Star Hotel in Lister, Florida. Ever since his mother died six months ago, he has a sadness so big he imagines that he can stuff it in a suitcase. He has a secret too, would you believe a real tiger locked in a cage in the woods? You'll find out more about Rob Horton, his sadness and his secret when you read "The Tiger Rising" nominated for a National Book award for children's literature and our next selection for Talking Volumes, the joint book club of MPR, the Loft Literary Center and the Star Tribune. Kate DiCamillo is the author of The Tiger Rising. She has a flair for children's stories that involve animals, her first book, Because of Winn-Dixie, featured a friendly dog and got a friendly nod from critics and librarians who gave it a Newbery honor award.
December 12, 2001 - A rebroadcast of last night's Talking Volumes event with Robert Bly and Katherine Lanpher at the Woman's Club of Minneapolis.
December 15, 2000 - On this Talking Volumes, MPR’s Katherine Lanpher interviews Minnesota writer Bill Holm. Lanpher talks to Holm about his book “The Heart Can Be Filled Anywhere on Earth.” Holm also reads from book.
October 18, 2000 - MPR’s Katherine Lanpher talks with highly acclaimed gay poet and memoirist Mark Doty. The two discuss his second memoir “Firebird.” Doty reads from his book.