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Conducted by Fresh Air host Terry Gross in her signature, award-winning style, this is a collection of thought-provoking interviews with writers. Includes David Sedaris, Stephen King, Maurice Sendak, Philip Roth, Norman Mailer, James Baldwin, John Updike, Joyce Johnson, Fran Lebowitz, Billy Collins, Richard Price, and David Rakoff.

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As one would expect, the program is well produced and marked by Gross's relaxed, incisive style and trademark laugh, the sound of someone who truly loves talking with people...this is a collection that whets the appetite. -- AudioFile

"""As one would expect, the program is well produced and marked by Gross's relaxed, incisive style and trademark laugh, the sound of someone who truly loves talking with people...this is a collection that whets the appetite."" -- ""AudioFile"""

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Terry Gross started out in public radio in 1973 at WBFO, the NPR affiliate on the campus of her alma mater, the State University of New York at Buffalo. She became producer and host of Fresh Air in 1975, when it was still a local program. Fresh Air won a Peabody Award in 1994 for its ""probing questions, revelatory interviews, and unusual insights."" In 2003 Terry herself received public radio's highest honor, the Edward R. Murrow Award. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband, writer Francis Davis. Terry Gross started out in public radio in 1973 at WBFO, the NPR affiliate on the campus of her alma mater, the State University of New York at Buffalo. She became producer and host of Fresh Air in 1975, when it was still a local program. Fresh Air won a Peabody Award in 1994 for its ""probing questions, revelatory interviews, and unusual insights."" In 2003 Terry herself received public radio's highest honor, the Edward R. Murrow Award. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband, writer Francis Davis. Terry Gross started out in public radio in 1973 at WBFO, the NPR affiliate on the campus of her alma mater, the State University of New York at Buffalo. She became producer and host of Fresh Air in 1975, when it was still a local program. Fresh Air won a Peabody Award in 1994 for its ""probing questions, revelatory interviews, and unusual insights."" In 2003 Terry herself received public radio's highest honor, the Edward R. Murrow Award. She lives in Philadelphia with her husband, writer Francis Davis. ...

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