Reading "American Nervousness" is Itself Nerve Wracking.

Computer programmer Richard Stallman. Stallman's a genius, he's been called "the best programmer who's ever lived", and he received one the MacArthur Foundation's so-called "Genius Awards," but he's become more widely known for his push to make computer programs freely accessible to everyone. Instead of software companies charging hundreds or thousands of dollars for programs and forbidding the purchasers from giving copies to other people, Stallman wants an unrestricted exchange of programs, and thereby the creativity that they represent.

Nature writer Paul Schullery. Schullery has a new collection of essays, called "Pregnant Bears and Crawdad Eyes" (published by the Mountaineers). Schullery also writes and talks often about Yellowstone National Park, where he's lived off and on for 15 years. That's the subject of his earlier book, "Mountain Time: Man Meets Wilderness in Yellowstone" (published by Fireside/Simon and Schuster). (Interview by Marty Moss-Coane)

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews "Warm Your Heart." It's the first solo album in a decade from Aaron Neville, of the Neville Brothers. The album was produced by Linda Rondstadt.