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As a way of marking Spalding Gray's sad passing, the Lopate Show reairs an entire interview he did with Leonard on November 27th, 1990. Gray discusses his show, "Monster in a Box," the perils of writing a novel, and other digressions. Then Ruth O'Brien, editor of Voices from the Edge, on why the Americans with Disabilities Act is in jeopardy. Has the ADA really helped to improve the lives of disabled people? O'Brien is joined by contributor Achim Nowak, who's written about HIV and discrimination, and Arlene Mayerson, one of the nation's leading experts in disability rights law and directing attorney of the Disability Rights Education and Defense Fund (DREDF) . Then Jerome Charyn describes New York City in the Jazz Age. And ex-cop Laurie Lynn Drummond explains why she's chosen a career in writing over law enforcement.