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Other segments from the episode on February 25, 1992
Dorothy Beam on Finishing her Son's Last Book.
Dorothy Beam. Her son Joe Beam died of AIDS three years ago. He was a writer who was in the process of editing his second anthology of Black gay writing. Dorothy helped finish the work her son started, along with editor Essex Hemphill. The collection is "Brother to Brother: New Writings by Black Gay Men," (published by Alyson Publications). Joseph Beam's first anthology is "In the Life: A Black Gay Anthology." (Interview by Marty Moss-Coane)
American Students Still Tops in One Academic "Discipline."
Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews a new guide to cheating, titled "Cheating 101: The Benefits and Fundamentals of Earning the Easy 'A'."
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