We remember writer BRUCE CHATWIN, one of the most influential travel writers of his generation. CHATWIN died five years ago from a rare bone marrow disease he contracted while in China. He was 48 years old. CHATWIN spent over 20 years exploring the people and geography of the world. His 1978 travel book "In Patagonia" chronicled his solitary journey through South America. His last novel Utz was set in the art world. (RE-BROADCAST of show first aired 9/10/87)Writer TRACY JOHNSTON. JOHNSTON is the author of "Shooting the Boh: a Woman's Voyage Down the Wildest River in Borneo" (Vintage Books), which isd now inm its eighth printing. The book is not only an account of her adventure going down the river dealing with leeches, waterfalls, foot rot, and moldy clothes, but about her own realization that the hot flashes she was feeling in the middle of the night weren't the steamy jungle but the onset of menopause. Amy Tan described JOHNSTON as being "as hilariously observant of her own tics and wrinkles as she is of . (RE-BROADCAST of show first aired 1/
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