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Poet Galway Kinnell Writes About Isolation

Despite his often misanthropic themes, Galway says he's been roused from his depression, in part because of his wonder of nature. He's known for exploring emotional extremes in his writing.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, April 4, 1989: Interview with William Shawcross; Commentary on William Bell; Interview wilth Galway Kinnell; Review of Marina Warner's book "The Lost Father."
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Western Attitudes Toward Refugees

Journalist William Shawcross says that countries in the West are often fatigued by the perpetual struggles of refugees around the world. He recently wrote the introduction for the book Forced Out; an earlier book of his own, called The Quality of Mercy, covered Cambodians fleeing the American bombing and the Pol Pot regime.

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An Overlooked Stax Records Star

William Bell had a decade-long career with the label. Rock historian Ed Ward says that, while Bell never had a mainstream hit, he made consistently great, literate soul music.

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Marina Warner's Novel "The Lost Father"

Book critic John Leonard says that Warner's third novel is her best. The book, about a family coping with the loss of its patriarch, succeeds because it questions ideas as much as it advances them.

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