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(Sarah Chayes driving the road from Kabul to Kandahar)
Foreign correspondent and relief worker Sarah Chayes joins
us live from Afghanistan to give a behind-the-scenes look
at the news over there. She’s observed that after years of
war and hardship, Afghans tend to have "no sense of a
future, no ability to make long-term relationships." Then
a discussion with Hayden Herrera on the life and work of
Armenian artist Arshile Gorky. Actor Jimmy Smits talks
about his role in a new play called “Anna in the
Tropics.” And photographer James Rudnick on the
importance of preserving New York City’s monuments.
Sarah Chayes
Sarah Chayes, field director of Afghans for Civil Society, lives and works in Afghanistan. She’s worked as a foreign correspondent for NPR.
Hayden Herrera
Hayden Herrera’s new book is Arshile Gorky: His Life and Work. A retrospective of Gorky’s drawings is also currently on display at the Whitney through February 15, 2004.
Jimmy Smits
Jimmy Smits talks about his role in the Pulitzer Prize- winning Nilo Cruz play “Anna in the Tropics,” now at New York’s Royale Theatre. The play is set in a Cuban- American cigar factory in 1929.
James Rudnick
James Rudnick’s new collection of photographs is called Gotham Restored: The Preservation of Monumental New York. He focuses on the Statue of Liberty, the Brooklyn Bridge, the New York Public Library, and Grand Central Terminal.
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