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A. S. Byatt Discusses Language and Her Latest Novel.

British author A.S. Byatt. Byatt is known by many Americans for "Possession," a Booker Prize-winning Victorian novel published here in 1990. Her new novel, "Babel Tower," is just hitting the bookstores (Random House). Set in the turbulent 1960s, the book is about Frederica, a young woman involved in a divorce and custody suit, as well as the prosecution of an "obscene" book. "Babel Tower" is the third book in a planned quartet of novels ("The Virgin in the Garden" and "Still Life") set in different mid-century time frames. Besides being a best selling author, Byatt is also a critic, a reviewer, a radio dramatist, an editor, and a university lecturer.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, June 6, 1996: Interview with A. S. Byatt; Interview with David and Peter Turnley; Review of the television show "Xena: Warrior Princess."
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Twins and Photojournalists David and Peter Turnley.

Photojournalists and identical twins David and Peter Turnley. Between them they have photographed every major news event in the last 15 years. They work independently, but a joint display, ("In Times of War and Peace: The Photographs of David and Peter Turnley") will be exhibited from June 7 - September 8 in New York City. Currently, both Turnleys are based in Paris. Peter works as a contract photographer for "Newsweek" and David is a staff photographer for the "Detroit Free Press."

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