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From Library Journal This first volume in what will be an annual series is a collection of interviews aired during the past year on National Public Radio (NPR) and edited by one of the hosts of NPR's All Things Considered. The interviews cover topics ranging from Bosnia (termed the "story of the year"), to Supreme Court Justice Harry Blackmun's thoughts on his years on the court, to performance artist Carol Vaughn's account of tap dancing down the 897 stairs of the Washington Monument. Many of those interviewed have accomplished much in their lives, but others are just interesting people. The interviewers are professional and sometimes ask very probing questions. Hearing the interviews might be best, but reading them is a close second. Recommended for public libraries.Rebecca Wondriska, Trinity Coll. Lib., Hartford, Ct.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc. Product Description Gathers the best interviews of the year, arranged by subject and featuring Desmond Tutu speaking on peace, Curtis Mayfield on soul music, and talks with Richard Leakey, John Le Carre, and Arthur C. Clarke From Booklist Listeners who forget to order transcripts of particularly fascinating National Public Radio interviews will no doubt find some 1993 favorites in this first annual collection. Editor Robert Siegel of All Things Considered gathers over 100 pieces from public radio's weekday and weekend news magazine programs. Highlights include NPR's "Story of the Year" on Bosnia, featuring Barry Goldwater, Paul Warnke, Frances Fitzgerald, Ramsey Clark, and former Yugoslavians of varying ethnicities and religions among the interview subjects; "Arts and Letters," which includes interviews with, among others, Richard Avedon and Curtis Mayfield; "TV, Radio, and Film," Fred Rogers and Joe Franklin; "Science," Richard Leakey and Arthur C. Clarke; "Animal Life," Elizabeth Marshall Thomas; "Religion," Morris West and Karen Armstrong; "The World," Desmond Tutu and Hanan As