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It’s a Bug’s Life

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Friday, November 28, 2003

Dr. Sheri Fink tells the story of a group of medical personnel isolated in an embattled Bosnian town during the war. Author Ayelet Waldman shares her novel Daughter’s Keeper. And evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson describes the sex lives of creatures from the sagebrush cricket to the green spoon worm.

Dr. Sheri Fink

In her book War Hospital, Dr. Sheri Fink describes how medical personnel treated patients without running water, heat, electricity or even anesthesia in an isolated Bosnian town.
  • Music: Cobb Soundtrack composer Elliot Goldenthal
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    Ayelet Waldman

    Ayelet Waldman attacks the war on drugs in her recent novel Daughter’s Keeper.

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    Olivia Judson

    Evolutionary biologist Olivia Judson’s book on bug sex is called Dr. Tatiana’s Sex Advice To All Creation.

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