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Comedian Jon Lovitz.

Comedian Jon Lovitz. He played the pathological liar on Saturday Night Live, among many other characters, such as Annoying Man and Harry Chanukah. Now he's got a comedy special coming up on May 17th on the Fox Television Network (right after "Married With Children").

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Other segments from the episode on April 28, 1992

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, April 28, 1992: Interview with Jon Lovitz; Interview with Sue Halpern; Review of Mike Davis's book "City of Quartz."
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Writer Sue Halpern Discusses Solitude.

Sue Halpern has written the new book "Migrations to Solitude," which explores the other side of privacy: seclusion. She visited a monastery in Kentucky, whose monks have vowed a life of silence, a prisoner in solitary confinement, and others, drawing out what it's like to be inescapably alone, and how people's versions of privacy differ. (Pantheon Books)

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The City of the Future.

Critic Maureen Corrigan reviews "City of Quartz" by Mike Davis (Vintage), a non-fiction look at the city of Los Angeles.

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