August 2, 1999

A New Album of Forgotten Pop Treasures.

Rock historian Ed Ward reviews "On Broadway" (Britain's Westside label) a new collection of lesser-known pop treasures that came out of the Brill Building in the 1950s.

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Ed Ward

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, August 2, 1999: Interview with Julia Ericksen; Interview with A.M. Homes; Review of the album "On Broadway."

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August 2, 1999

20:07

"Surveying Sex in the Twentieth Century."

Julia Ericksen is the author of the new book "Kiss and Tell: Surveying Sex in the Twentieth Century" (Harvard University Press). Ericksen is Associate Professor of Sociology at Temple University.

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Julia A. Ericksen

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August 2, 1999

18:19

Novelist A.M. Homes.

Novelist A.M. Homes. Her new book is "Music for Torching" (Rob Weisbach Books/William Morrow). Her previous novels are "The End of Alice," "In a Country of Mothers," and "Jack." She teaches writing programs at Columbia University and the New School.

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A. M Homes

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"Surveying Sex in the Twentieth Century."

Novelist A.M. Homes.

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