Terry Gross

Poet Hal Sirowitz. His new collection of poems is "Mother Said," (Crown Publishers) and is written in the vernacular of a mother. One reviewer wrote of the poems, "the logical step forward in the comic treatment of Oedipal angst." Sirowitz has appeared on MTV's "Spoken Word Unplugged" and on PBS's "The United States of Poetry."

Kristin Luker is Professor of Sociology and Law at the University of California. She's the author of the new book, "Dubious Conceptions: The Politics of Teenage Pregnancy," (Harvard University Press).

Novelist and biographer Peter Ackroyd. He's written nine novels and and biographies of Charles Dickens and T.S. Eliot. His latest biography is of the 18th century poet, painter and engraver William Blake. It's "Blake: A Biography," (Alfred A. Knopf)

Singer/songwriter Elvis Costello. Previously with the band The Attractions, he later went solo. Since then he has performed and recorded with The Brodsky Quartet and jazz guitarist Bill Frisell. He's written about 300 songs. His new release is "All This Useless Beauty" (Warner Bros) which he recorded with The Attractions.

On December 3, 1994, World class cyclist Greg LeMond announced his retirement. This ended a dramatic career that included winning the Tour De France three times. Two of the wins came after he was seriously wounded in a hunting accident. LeMond talks to Terry about the struggles of his comeback. LeMond left the sport after being diagnosed with a rare muscle disease that weakened his performance.

Filmmaker Carma Hinton talks about "The Gate of Heavenly Peace" a film she co-produced with her husband Richard Gordon. The film chronicles the Chinese democracy movement that began in the spring of 1989 and ended in the Tiananmen Square massacre. The film will show on PBS' Frontline program on Tuesday, June 4, 1996 which marks the 7th anniversary. Hinton and her husband run a production company called Long Bow Group, Inc in Brookline, Massachusetts.

Behind the scenes during the golden age of the Broadway musical: Susan Loesser (pronounced "lesser"), daughter of Frank Loesser, composer of the classic songs "Heart and Soul" and "Baby It's Cold Outside". He also wrote the score for "Guys and Dolls" which was revived on Broadway. Loesser's memoir of her father is "A Most Remarkable Fella" (Donald I Fine). (REBROADCAST from 6/18/93)

Jamie Hammerstein, Broadway producer, director and past president of the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. He has recently helped in the making of a new PBS tribute show about his father, Oscar Hammerstein. (REBROADCAST from 3/14/95)

Songwriter Stephen Sondheim In 1993, he gave a talk at the Museum of Television and Radio in New York City. We broadcast that talk. Sondheim's latest work, "Passion," opens tonight. (Rebroadcast of 05/09/1994).

Host of ABC'S "Nightline" Ted Koppel. He has a new memoir about his 16 years with the news show and his life before journalism. It's called "Nightline: History in the Making and the Making of Television" (Times Books, by Ted Koppel and Kyle Gibson).