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COVER STORY
Prisons
Kurt Andersen and country rock musician Steve Earle
talk about creative life before and after lock-up.
  Legacy
of Attica
This week is the 30th anniversary of
the infamous New York state prison riot that left 39 people dead. We hear
how composers since then have translated the uprising into music. Produced
by Marco Werman.
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to Attica Blues website
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to Archie Shepp official site
Prison
Design
Architecture critic Philip Nobel looks at a recently
constructed jail in Marin County, California, where flights of architectural
fancy and a can-do practicality each play a role. Produced by Jonathan
Mitchell.
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to DMJM architecture firm’s site for Marin County jail
 Eddie
Bunker
An ex-convict describes his path to literature. Produced
by Tamar Brott.
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to Bunker publisher's website
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to a Bunker bio
Steve
Earle performs
Recorded live in Studio 360, listen to the web exclusive,
"Over Yonder (Jonathan's Song)."
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to Steve Earle's official website
SPECIAL GUEST
 Steve
Earle
The songs of country rock musician Steve Earle have
always drawn critical praise and a loyal group of fans. His music divides
naturally into the periods before and after 1994, when he went to prison
and kicked his lifelong heroin and cocaine addiction. Earle has just published
his first book of short stories, Doghouse Roses (Houghton Mifflin). He's
also written a play about Karla Faye Tucker, the killer executed in Texas.
This fall he's wrapping up his tour for his latest record, "Transcendental
Blues" (Artemis).
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to Steve Earle's unofficial website
Go
to the Artemis Records website
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Commentary
Grand Design in La-La Land.
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Artists
and the I.N.S
Taking on the bureaucratic challenge of bringing
foreign artists to the United States. Produced by Laura Sydell.
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