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Jeffrey Madrick, financial journalist; author, Taking America: How We Got from the First Hostile Takeover to Megamergers, Corporate Raiding, and Scandal (1987) and "The End of Affluence: The Causes and Consequences of A…

Harry Wu, research fellow, Hoover Institution; co-author, Bitter Winds: A Memoir of My Years in China's Gulag (1993) and Laogai: The Chinese Gulag (1991); "The Myths and Realities of Human Rights"  

David Pawson, senior research scientist, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History; co-author, Sea Slugs, Sea Urchins, and Allies: Echinoderms of Florida and the Caribbean (1995) and author, Molpadiid Sea Cucumbe…

William Kennedy, author, Riding the Yellow Trolley Car (1993) and Ironweed (1983); "Readings from The Flaming Corsage " forthcoming (1996) (12:15 p.m.)  

Steve Kowit, professor of English language and humanities, Southwestern College; author, Lurid Confessions (1983) and In the Palm of Your Hand: A Poet's Portable Workshop (1995); "Poet Reads From His Work"  

Kenton Youngstrom, guitar; Putter Smith, bass; "Bach, Barrios, Bebop, and Beyond"  

Maria Hinojosa, journalist and news correspondent, National Public Radio (NPR); author, Crews: Gang Members Talk to Maria Hinojosa (1995); "The U.S. Mambo: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back"  

Michael Hudson, Seif Ghobash professor of Arab Studies, Georgetown University; author, Arab Politics: The Search for Legitimacy (1977) and editor, The Palestinians: New Directions (1990); "Good News, Bad News: Washingto…

Howard Rheingold, author, Virtual Reality (1991) and "The Virtual Community: Homesteading on the Electric Frontier" (1993)  

Sanford Ungar, dean, School of Communication, American University, Washington, D.C.; author, Fresh Blood: The New American Immigrants (1995) and The Papers and the Papers: An Account of the Legal and Political Battle Ov…