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"The Flight Into Egypt" Released in Time for Christmas

Classical music critic Lloyd Schwartz reviews the new (and first) recording of John Harbison's cantata "The Flight into Egypt," which won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize. The CD also includes two additional works by the composer.

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Fresh Air with Terry Gross, December 19, 1990: Interview with Tim Burton; Review of John Harbison's album "The Flight into Egypt"; Interview with Christopher Cerf; Review of Brian Boyd's book …
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Humor Writer and Songwriter Christopher Cerf

Cerf writes children's songs for Sesame Street and helped launch the humor magazine the National Lampoon. In 1978 he co-edited the journalistic parody "Not the New York Times." His most recent humor book is "The Book of Sequels," a spoof of current trends in the publishing and film industries.

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Solving the Many Puzzles of Vladimir Nabokov

Book critic John Leonards says the Russian author is the greatest writer never to have received the Nobel prize. He reviews a new biography by Brian Boyd, which explores Nabokov's complex and unnerving mind.

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