Terry Gross

Uphsaw has a new recording called "Dawn Upshaw Sings Rodgers and Hart." We'll hear a sample from the CD and an excerpt of an 1994 interview with Upshaw. Monday on Fresh Air, we'll feature Dawn Upshaw in a concert recorded at WHYY. (REBROADCAST)

Haas's new movie is based on the novella "Morpho Eugenia" by writer A.S. Byatt. It's recently been released on video. Haas made his feature film debut with "The Music of Chance," adapted from a Paul Auster novel. (Rebroacast)

Ondaatje won Britian's highest literary prize, the Booker Prize, for his novel set in post World War II, "The English Patient," He was born in Cyelon (now Sri Lanka), emigrated to England, and now lives in Canada. "The English Patient" has been made into a new film. (REBROADCAST from 1/6/94)

Guest host Marty Moss-Coane speaks with two experts about the refugee crisis in Rwanda and Zaire. Chris Cushing is Regional Emergency Coordinator for Care International in Zaire. Journalist Philip Gourevitch is based in Rwanda. He writes frequently on the region for The New Yorker and is currently working on a book about Rwanda and the aftermath of the 1994 civil war.

Senior special writer for the Wall Street Journal, George Anders. He's been covering the business side of medicine since 1993. His new book is "Health Against Wealth: HMOs and the Breakdown of Medical Trust." He's concerned with the lack of control individuals have within the health maintenance organization system.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning poet grew up in Detroit and worked in the factories as a young man. He's probably best known for his 1992 book of poems about the working class, "What Work Is," which won the National Book Award. He has several volumes of poetry as well as a memoir. His forthcoming book is called "Unselected Poems."

New York Times writer Jason DeParle. He covers poverty and social welfare issues for the Times. Recently, DeParle has been writing about the disappearance of affordable housing. On top of that, government subsidies for low-income housing have all but disappeared. DeParle's New York Times Magazine cover story about housing appeared on October 20, 1996.

From Australia, adventurer Robyn Davidson. Her book "Tracks" was the account of her 1,700 mile journey across Australia with four camels and a dog. Her next trip was a trek across the Indian desert with nomads, which she chronicled in the new book "Desert Places."

Actor Bruno Kirbly and playwright Alan Zweibel. Zweibel wrote the play "Bunny Bunny" about his friendship with Gilda Radner, whom he met while working on "Saturday Night Live." Their friendship lasted the rest of her life. The play is on view through December 1st at Plays and Players Theatre in a Philadelphia. Kirby plays Zweibel in the play.

Theroux's extensive travels have taken him through Africa, Asia and Central America. In his earlier writings, a central theme of his work was the ironic examination of the clashing and mingling of Western and Third World cultures. His new book, "My Other Life" (Houghton Bufflin) is a work of fiction about a character named Paul Theroux, based on his experiences and encounters as a world traveler. His interview was recorded at the Free Library in Philadelphia