July 12, 1989

The Solidarity Resistance Movement in Poland.

Journalist MICHAEL KAUFMAN. His new book, Mad Dreams, Saving Graces - Poland: A Nation in Conspiracy, charts the rise, fall and resurrection of the democratic movement in Poland. Leading this drive has been Solidarity, the shipworkers' union headed by Lech Walesa. But Kaufman also traces the hidden spiritual undercurrents in Polish history and culture and that make this quest toward self-definition considerably more complex. Kauffman served as Warsaw bureau chief for The New York Times from 1984 to 1987. He has also been bureau chief for the Times in Nairobi, New Delhi and Ottawa.

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Michael T Kaufman

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Terry Gross

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, July 12, 1989: Interview with Michael Kaufman; Interview with Larry Sultan; Commentary on chaos.

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July 12, 1989

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Larry Sultan's Family Album.

Photographer Larry Sultan. In a photography exhibit now on display at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, Sultan is represented by work from a project he began in 1983 about his family's history. A key feature of the work, and a feature that appears in all of Sultan's work, is capturing subjects at "off" moments, situations where they least expect, or wish, themselves to be photographed.

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July 12, 1989

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Gregory Djanikian Reads His Poem "Renovations."

Poet Gregory Djanikian. Djanikian emigrated to this country from Egypt when he was a youngster. He'll read a poem called "Renovations," about his coming to grips with chaos. (Rebroadcast. Originally broadcast on April 21, 1989.)

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Gregory Djanikian

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Larry Sultan's Family Album.

Gregory Djanikian Reads His Poem "Renovations."

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