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COVER STORY
Siblings
Kurt Andersen talks with novelists Susan and Eliza
Minot about the complicated and harmonious connections between siblings
in music, poetry, and film.
  Sibling
Harmony
From the Andrew Sisters to the Jackson Five-- a look
at the singular sound only brothers and sisters can create. Produced by
Sara Fishko. (Pictured right: The Roches.)
 Go
to Brooklyn Conservatory's website
Go
to The Shaggs' website
Go
to The Bell Sisters' website
Galway
Kinnell
A brother and sister find solace in
William Butler Yeats' "Lake Isle of Innisfree." Produced by Patricia Hughes
and Jocelyn Gonzales.
Read
the poem
 Siblings
on Screen
Kurt and Leah Rozen, chief film critic for People Magazine,
look at brothers and sisters in film--from "Little Foxes" to
"You Can Count on Me." (Pictured right: Jeremy Irons from "Dead
Ringers.")
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to a bio page of Leah Rozen
Go
to stills from "Big Night"
Go
to "You Can Count On Me"
The
Brown Family
The young Brown siblings From Alpine, Utah are an unlikely
clan on the highly competitive road to professional piano careers. Produced
by Speed Weed.
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to Juilliard's website
 SPECIAL
GUESTS
Susan and Eliza Minot
Novelists Susan and Eliza Minot grew up in New England
in a family with seven children. Susan, who lives in Maine, is the author
of Evening, Lust and Other Stories, Folly, and Monkeys and
wrote the screenplay for the film "Stealing Beauty." Eliza is
the author of The Tiny One and lives in New York City.
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Commentary
Writers on Strike.
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the full text
Design
for the Real World
The 1040 - Graphic designer Michael Bierut appraises
the design of the single most familiar government form, the one due
to the IRS on Monday.
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to the IRS website
How
Art Works
Standing in front of a large orchestra, a conductor
can isolate and focus on the sound of a single violin or bassoon, refining
a talent we all possess. Produced by Steve Nelson.
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to the Opera Orchestra of NY website
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