1940-

Contains translations of selected portions of conversations with Nobel prize-winning Russian poet Joseph Brodsky, taped between 1978 and 1993, in which he discusses poetry, his life and travels, his friends and influences, his arrests, detentions, and ultimate expulsion from the Soviet Union, and other matters.

An account of the life, career, and art of American photorealist portrait painter and quadriplegic Chuck Close.

Describes the life and career of soccer superstar Pele.

The author recalls her traumatic experience with abortion as a young literature student in the early 1960s--an event that left her hemorrhaging in a Paris dormitory.

Tells the story of the boy who overcame tremendous odds to become the world champion soccer star, Pel?.