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When Punk Rock Erupted in London.

Rock historian Ed Ward looks back to the dawn of the British punk scene, and the creation of acts such as the Sex Pistols, the Clash, Billy Idol, and Siouxie and the Banshees.

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Other segments from the episode on September 19, 1989

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, September 19, 1989: Interview with Arthur Ashe; Commentary on British punk music; Interview with Gary Taylor; Review of Cynthia Ozick's book "The Shawl."
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Arthur Ashe: The Fresh Air Interview.

Former tennis champion Arthur Ashe. In 1980, after quadruple bypass surgery, Ashe retired from professional competition. For the last several years, Ashe has been teaching and writing about the barriers and discrimination which black atheletes have faced. A Hard Road To Glory is his three-volume history of African-American athletes. (Rebroadcast. Originally broadcast on Friday, January 6, 1989.)

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Investigating Shakespeare's "Literary Supremacy."

Shakespearean scholar Gary Taylor. Four years ago, Taylor made headlines when he claimed to have discovered a new Shakespeare poem. Now Taylor's written a cultural history of the Bard of Stratford, called Reinventing Shakespeare. In it, Taylor asks `is Shakespeare really as great as everyone says?' Taylor looks at how changing societies have reinterpreted Shakespeare, and to some extent all great literature, to correspond with changing social mores and opinions.

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For Laura Jane Grace, Punk Was A Form Of Armor

Growing up, punk rocker Laura Jane Grace always felt conflicted about gender. She tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross that she felt like two "twin souls" were warring inside of her, fighting for control. "I thought that I was quite possibly schizophrenic," she says.

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Daughter of Warhol star looks back on a bohemian childhood in the Chelsea Hotel

Alexandra Auder's mother, Viva, was one of Andy Warhol's muses. Growing up in Warhol's orbit meant Auder's childhood was an unusual one. For several years, Viva, Auder and Auder's younger half-sister, Gaby Hoffmann, lived in the Chelsea Hotel in Manhattan. It was was famous for having been home to Leonard Cohen, Dylan Thomas, Virgil Thomson, and Bob Dylan, among others.

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