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Illustrator Frank Kelly Freas tells Terry Gross about drawing for science fiction magazines, as well as the history and future of the genre.

Terry Gross speaks with transsexual artist Roberta Dickinson about transitioning. Later, doctors Terrence Malloy and James Gilfoil discuss transsexual identities, diagnoses and sexual reassignment surgery.

Fresh Air broadcasts a lecture by John Barth. Barth explains the craft of writing and reads from his new novel, Letters.

Sculptor Duane Hanson explains how his worked evolved from abstraction to realism.

Fresh Air broadcasts the sounds of its listeners' environments, followed by a recording of Leonard Bernstein's "An American in Paris."

Fresh Air broadcasts Leo Goldman's radio drama The Midnight Mocker.

Terry Gross speaks with four occupiers of an armory in New Hampshire protesting the construction of the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant.

Dave Arnold uses a series of recordings to demonstrate different sound engineering techniques.

Composer and performer Meredith Monk tells Fresh Air's Terry Gross about her approaches to writing music, singing and live performance.

Antique writer Lita Solis-Cohen and curators Joe Rishel and Doris Fanelli speak with Terry Gross about art collecting, forgeries and auctions.

Fresh Air broadcasts a lecture featuring poet Dennis Brutus, who reads his works and explains his literary influences and the experience of being a writer in South Africa during apartheid.

John Dean, former White House Counsel for Richard Nixon, discusses his new book "Blind Ambition" and the Watergate scandal.

Film critic Stuart Samuels joins the show to discuss the latest film version of "King Kong."

Ralph Flood introduces a talk given by I. F. Stone at La Salle University on the intelligence network in the United States.

Mae Rockland discusses her book "The Jewish Yellow Pages."

Ralph Flood introduces a talk given by I. F. Stone at La Salle University on the intelligence network in the United States.

Poet Adrienne Rich reads selections of her work.

Writer William Dufty joins the show to discuss his book about sugar, "Sugar Blues." He also discusses Billie Holliday, whose autobiography he co-authored.

Oliver Lake, whose latest recordings include "Heavy Spirits" and "NTU," joins the show to his discuss his career.

Dr. Harry Zall is a psychiatrist at the Institute of Pennsylvania Hospital. He joins the show to discuss mental depression.