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Former fighter pilot Keith Rosenkranz and poet Sam Hammill on this edition of Fresh Air. During the first Gulf War, Keith Rosenkranz flew thirty combat missions in his F-16. He wrote about the experience in his book, Vipers in the Storm: Diary of a Gulf War Fighter Pilot. In January, Sam Hamill was invited by First Lady Laura Bush to the White House for a symposium on poetry.

Hear British singer/songwriter Nick Lowe and rock critic Ken Tucker, on this edition of Fresh Air. Nick Lowe performs and has a conversation. His best known songs include "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding", "Cruel to be Kind", and "The Beast in Me" (which Johnny Cash recorded). Lowe's new album is At My Age. In the early 1970s, Lowe played London's pub rock scene in the band Brinsley Schwarz.

Historian Margaret MacMillan on this edition of Fresh Air. She is professor of history at the University of Toronto and the author of the new book, Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World, about the Peace Conference after World War I in which delegations from around the world convened to find an alternative to war.

Hear British musician Jarvis Cocker, book critic Maureen Corrigan, and jazz critic Kevin Whitehead, on this edition of Fresh Air. Jarvis Cocker has just released The Jarvis Cocker Album, his first solo effort. Cocker founded his band Pulp at age 15. Cocker made headlines in 1996 when he stormed the stage in protest at a Michael Jackson concert in London at the BRIT awards.

Writer Vernor Vinge and actor Steve Buscemi on this archive edition of Fresh Air. The author of 16 books of science fiction.

Spanish filmmaker Alejandro Amenabar and author Allen Kurzweil on this edition of Fresh Air. Amenabar's new film is a horror film called The Others, staring Nicole Kidman. It's his first English language feature. His first film, Tesis, won seven Goyas, the Spanish equivalent of the Oscars, in 1997. His second movie, Abre los Ojos (Open Your Eyes), has been remade in the US. The film, Vanilla Sky, was made by Cameron Crowe and stars Tom Cruise.

Actress Laura Linney and Iranian filmmaker Bahman Farmanara on this edition of Fresh Air.

Actor and comedian Denis Leary and writer Daniel Harris on this edition of Fresh Air. This Sunday, Leary gets roasted by Comedy Central. He's also starring in the new film The Secret Lives of Dentists. Last year, he starred in the ABC comedy series, The Job.

Hear writer and director Mike White, film critic David Edelstein, TV critic David Bianculli, and jazz drummer Max Roach, on this edition of Fresh Air. Mike White's films include Nacho Libre, The School of Rock, Orange County, and Chuck & Buck. He also directed three episodes of the critically acclaimed TV show, Freaks & Geeks. White's newest film, Year of the Dog, stars Molly Shannon and Peter Sarsgaard.

Hear musicians Zac and Ethan Holtzman, TV critic David Bianculli, and book critic Maureen Corrigan on this edition of Fresh Air. The Holtzman's band is Dengue Fever. They have a new album, Venus on Earth. Their music is inspired by Cambodian pop of the sixties and seventies, which itself was inspired by American pop played over U-S Armed Forces Radio during the Vietnam War.

Former Presidential hopeful, Senator Bob Dole and editor/publisher Jason Epstein on this archival edition of Fresh Air. Bob Dole's's the best selling author of Great Political Wit. His new book, called Great Presidential Wit (_I Wish I was in the Book, is a collection of funny anecdotes and quotations by or about American Presidents. Dole was the longest-serving Republican leader in Senate history.

Actor Joe Pantoliano and novelist Jeffrey Eugenides on this edition of Fresh Air. Pantoliano has got a new series on CBS called The Handler. It will air Fridays at 10 PM, premiering September 26, 2003. Pantoliano plays an FBI agent.

Journalist Jon Cohen and South African journalist Charlene Smith on this edition of Fresh Air. Cohen has just written a book called Shots in the Dark: The Wayward Search for an AIDS vaccine. He is a leading AIDS reporter who covers science and medicine for Science Magazine. He'll talk about the work that is being done to develop the AIDS vaccine, trials, funding issues, and the future of AIDS prevention.

Journalist Thomas Ricks and Jesuit scholar Thomas Reese on this edition of Fresh Air. Thomas Ricks covers the military for The Washington Post. Last week the Senate held hearings on a military action against Iraq. Ricks will discuss the possible scenarios for the U.S. toppling Saddam Hussein, and the likelihood of such an action. Ricks has also reported on U.S. military activities in Somalia, Haiti, Korea, Kuwait, the Persian Gulf, and Afghanistan.

Journalist Dennis Covington and actor Nicholas Turturro on this archive edition of Fresh Air. Covington has written Salvation on Sand Mountain about the practice of snake handling in a Southern Appalachian church.

Hear Stephen Colbert, host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report, on this edition of Fresh Air. His show parodies, and is modeled after, The O'Reilly Factor. In fact, in a New Yorker review, Nancy Franklin writes, "Colbert resembles nobody more than he does Bill O'Reilly, and like O'Reilly, he conveys fake humility and easy rage toward inappropriate targets."

Hear novelist Philip Roth, film critic David Edelstein, and TV critic David Bianculli on this edition of Fresh Air. The Pulitzer Prize winning author's 27th book, Everyman, is now out in paperback. It's a novel about a 71-year-old, divorced, successful, advertising man and his response to his physical decline and approaching death.

Father Donald Cozzens and singer/songwriter, guitarist Richard Thompson on this edition of Fresh Air. Father Cozzens is the author of the new book Sacred Silence: Denial and the Crisis in the Church (the Liturgical Press). Father Cozzens is president-rector and professor of pastoral theology at Saint Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology in Cleveland. He is also the editor of The Spirituality of the Diocesan Priest.

Biographer Vicki Wickham and actor/producer Bob Balaban on this archive edition of Fresh Air. With writer Penny Valentine, Vicki Wickham recently published Dancing with Demons: The Authorized Biography of Dusty Springfield. Wickham was Springfield's close friend and manager for over a decade of Springfield's career. Actor and producer Bob Balaban has appeared in over 50 movie and television spots, directed for television, and produced three full-length films.

Hear the late Beverly Sills and filmmaker Werner Herzog on this edition of Fresh Air. First, classical-music critic Lloyd Schwartz pays tribute to opera singer Beverly Sills, who died Monday at the age of 78 from lung cancer. Then, we feature a 1985 interview with Sills. Also, film critic David Edelstein reviews Rescue Dawn, the first Hollywood feature film by Werner Herzog.