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COVER STORY
Persona
Kurt Andersen and actor Campbell Scott talk about
the challenges and pleasures of creating artistic personas.
  Who
Is Marvin Pontiac?
An investigation into the life of a long-lost blues
musician leads to some interesting discoveries. Produced by Judith Kampfner.
Photo by Stephen Torton.
 Go
to Strange & Beautiful Music's website
Go
to a Marvin Pontiac page
Go
to a review of Pontiac's record
Roberta
Breitmore
 In
the 1970's, Roberta Breitmore went to San Francisco, where she held various
jobs, went on dates, and obtained credit cards. But her existence was
a creation of performance artist Lynn Hershman, who spent a decade playing
Roberta a few days a week. Produced by Judy Campbell.
Go
to Lynn Hershmann's Roberta Breitmore site
Go
to Lynn Hershman exhibit at the Sweeney Art Gallery
Fernando
Pessoa
A remarkable Portuguese poet with a multitude of literary
identities. Produced by Curtis Fox.
Go
to "Pessoa's Trunk"
Go
to a Pessoa page
Sofia
The landscape
of northern New Mexico inspired poet Joan Logghe to create a fictional
life story spun from the region's rich and complicated Hispanic history.
Produced by Deborah Begel.
SPECIAL GUEST
 Campbell
Scott
Actor and director Campbell Scott had his first starring
film role in Longtime Companion, followed by roles in Singles, Mrs. Parker
and the Vicious Circle, David Mamet's The Spanish Prisoner, and Big Night
which he co-directed with Stanley Tucci. Last year Scott co-directed and
starred in a film of Hamlet set at the turn of the last century. The movie
is featured this month in the Florida Film Festival and the Seattle Film
Festival.
Go
to a Campbell Scott fan site
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How
Art Works
How some singers can pull a perfect "A" out
of thin air -- and how it can sometimes drive them crazy. An exploration
of one of the most mysterious natural musical abilities, the phenomenon
known as perfect pitch. Produced by Jeff Lunden.
Design
For the Real World
The coffee table. Design critic Veronique Vienne makes sense of an American
furniture icon.
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