Terry Gross

Poet Robin Becker reads "The Roast Chicken" from her collection "All-American Girl."

Associate Professor at Columbia University of Public Health Dr. Nahid Toubia. She is from Sudan, and was the first woman surgeon in her country. Toubia is director of "Rainbo" a research and information organization dedicated to the health and human rights of women, particularly women's reproductive and sexual rights. They've begun a campaign against female genital mutilation. Toubia has written a report: "Female Genital Mutilation: A Call for Global Action."

Co-host of NPR's All Things Considered, Noah Adams, has written a book called "Piano Lessons,"(Delacorte Press) describing his one year study of the piano after years of admiration and longing, amidst the busy schedule of a twelve-hour work day.