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Other segments from the episode on April 30, 1990
Writing Simone de Beauvoir's Biography.
Biographer Deirdre Bair. Her latest book is a biography of French writer, intellectual and feminist Simone De Beauvoir. Bair has also written a biography of Samuel Beckett.
Teo Macero's Quirky Charm.
Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead reviews "The Best of Teo Macero," a reissue of Macero's so-called "third stream" work from the 50s. It's on Stash records.
Why "Twin Peaks" is Doing So Well in the Ratings.
Television critic David Bianculli takes another look at the ABC series "Twin Peaks."
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