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Tomorrow the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments over the state's parental notification law.

Lawyers, activists and politicians will all discuss the merits of the law that requires a parent or guardian to be notified 48 hours before a girl under 18 can receive an abortion.

But the arguments heard in Washington tomorrow can't include the voices of those on the front lines- teenagers.

New Hampshire Public Radio's Dan Gorenstein spoke with a dozen students about parental notification Monday.

Mimi Schwartz devotes much of her life teaching others how to write nonfiction creatively. She's the co-author of Writing True: The Art and Craft of Creative Nonfiction. which spells out the ways a good writer's voice can drive a true story. She explains why this style of writing has become increasingly popular since the early 90's and cites examples in her book of authors who succeed in writing creative nonfiction. Mimi Schwartz will also read from her own creative nonfiction work including Thoughts from a Queen Sized Bed.

Later in the show we check in with naturalist Rosemary Conroy for a review of the Peterson Field Guide to Animal Tracks. A new third edition of the classic book has just been released. Rosemary also provides an overview of other tracking guides including

Stokes Guide to Animal Tracking and Behavior by Donald & Lillian Stokes (Little, Brown)

Mammal Tracks and Sign of the Northeast by Diane K. Gibbons (University Press of New England)

Tracking and the Art of Seeing: How to Read Animal Tracks & Signs by Paul Rezendes (Camden House Publishing)

Trackers interested in obtaining a tracking card can download and print out one from the New Hampshire Fish and Game Department website.