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Jackson Pollock and the Art Culture of the United States.

Art historian Steven Naifeh (NAY-fay) and writer Gregory White Smith. They've co-written a biography of painter Jackson Pollock. The pair spent eight years and conducted more than 2-thousand interviews to understand the life and work of one of the 20th century's most influential artists. (Interview by Sedge Thomson)

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, January 26, 1990: Interview with Steven Naifeh and Gregory White Smith; Commentary on Indian film music; Interview with Wilbur Zelinsky; Review of Jim Turner's comedy show…
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Expanding Your Idea of Geography.

Geographer Wilbur Zelinsky. Zelinsky is one of five editors who compiled "The Atlas of Pennsylvania," a massive, and beautiful, book of maps depicting hundreds of different facts about one state...everything from where the most dairy cows are, to what the favorite baseball teams are in different counties, to where you can still find Bald Eagles. Zelinsky is a professor of geology at Penn State University.

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