Persona, Roberta, Rebuilding

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Kurt Andersen explores the cultural and architectural questions of what to rebuild on the World Trade Center site. In our cover story, Kurt talks with actor and director Campbell Scott about creating a new persona for each role. They discuss stories about a Portuguese poet’s elusive literary identity, a decade-long performance piece based on a San Francisco woman’s alter ego, and composer John Lurie’s “discovery” of a long lost blues musician.