Ms. Sontag is a human rights activist, playwright, essayist and cultural critic. Her books include novels, a collection of short stories, and works of non-fiction, including [Against Interpretation and Other Essays], [On Photography], [Illness as a Metaphor], [Where the Stress Falls], and her latest book, [Regarding the Pain of Others], which is expected to be published by Farrar, Strauss and Giroux in early 2003. She talked about her writing and career as well as responded to viewer comments and questions.