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Actress Amy Madigan.

Actress Amy Madigan. She's now playing on Broadway as Stella in "A Streetcar Named Desire" opposite Jessica Lange and Alec Baldwin. You may remember her as Kevin Costner's wife in the film "Field of Dreams." She's also played in the films "Uncle Buck" and "Roe V. Wade," among others.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, May 29, 1992: Interview with Benjamin Cheever; Interview with Amy Madigan; Review of the film "Sister Act."
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Writer Benjamin Cheever.

Benjamin Cheever is the son of the late John Cheever. Ben is also a writer, and he grew up in the shadow of his father's fame. He's just written his first novel, for which he says he finally found his own voice, separate from his father's. "The Plagiarist" (Atheneum) is loosely based on Ben's life, and the time he spent working at "Reader's Digest" magazine. Ben was also the editor of "The Letters of John Cheever," published in 1988.

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