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2: Writer and critic NELSON GEORGE. George is one of this country's most prominent chroniclers of black music and culture.. He was the black music editor at "Billboard," for seven years, and is a regular columnist for the "Village Voice." His new book "Buppies, B-Boys, Baps and Bohos: Notes on Post-Soul Black Culture," (published by HarperCollins) is a collection of his writings and covers the last two decades in Black urban culture. George also edited the book, "Stop the Violence," a collaboration of top rappers working to end black-on-black violence. George's earlier books include a history of Motown called "Where Did Our Love Go?" and "The Death of Rhythm and Blues."

Award-winning historian MICHAEL BESCHLOSS (BEHSH-loss). He's just co-authored a new book, "At the Highest Levels: The Inside Story of the End of the Cold War." (Little, Brown & Co.). BESCHLOSS and co-author Strobe Talbot were in contact with officials and communiques. in both American and Soviet governments, and with officials in NATO and the Warsaw Pact from about 1989 on. They meant to write about relations between the U.S. and the Soviet Union, and ended up with a confidant's access to the end of the cold war. They show the close tie between George Bush and Mikhail Gorbachev, and how the two were so closely attuned to each other that "it eventually caused both men to lose touch with their domestic constituencies." (This interview continues in the second half of the

2: Writer PAUL BOWLES. For 45 years he's been writing novels, stories, essays, poetry and autobiography. But he started out as a composer. Aaron Copeland was his musical mentor. BOWLES was friends with and directed in a literary pursuit by Gertrude Stein and Alice Toklas. Later, BOWLES became a "resident guru" for several generations of American writers including Tennesee Williams and William Burroughs. Since 1947, BOWLES has lived as an American expatriate in Tangier, Morocco. He's best known for his novel, "The Sheltering Sky," . He's written many books. His latest is "Too Far From Home: Selected writings of Paul Bowles," (Ecco Press). BOWLES is 82 years old.

Journalist and professor RANDALL BALMER. He hosted the PBS series, "Mine Eyes Have Seen the Glory: A Journey into the Evangelical Subculture in America," which aired in 1993. There's also a companion book to it, the same title (published by Oxford University Press in 1989). BALMER is Associate Professor of Religion at Barnard College, Columbia University. In 1995 BALMER's book "History of Religion in America" will be published also by Oxford University Press. (REBROADCAST. Originally aired 7

San Francisco standup comic and performance artist MARGA GOMEZ. In "Memory Tricks," Gomez talks about her mother, who worked as an exotic dancer. Her mother now suffers from Alzheimer's disease. (Rebroadcast. Originally aired 4/15/93.) GOMEZ is currently performing "Memory Tricks" at the Edinburgh Festival in Scotland. She take the show to Marin, California (Nov. 5 & 6) and to Eugene, Oregon (Nov. 11 & 12).

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DR. DAVID HILFIKER is a physician who left a rural family practice in Minnesota to treat the urban poor. In his new book, "Not All of Us Are Saints: A Doctor's Journey with the Poor" (Farrar, Strauss and Giroux), he describes his frustration both with "the system" that allows people to live in poverty, and with the patients, who frequently flout his medical advice. HILFIKER's first book, "Healing the Wounds" won the "American Medical Writers Associatin" prize, and was named among the "Best Books of the Year" from the NYT book review. He is Medical Director of Washington's Community of Hope Health Services, and has recently founded a clinic for homeless AIDS patients.

2:Novelist AMY TAN. Her debut novel, "The Joy Luck Club," was a huge critical and commercial success, and it earned TAN a nomination for the National Book Award. It's now been made into a movie. TAN and RON BASS wrote the screenplay. Marty will talk with TAN and BASS about making "The Joy Luck Club" into a movie. RON BASS also wrote the screenplay for "Rain Man" for which he won an Academy Award.

Film director BERNARDO BERTOLUCCI. He broke new ground with his 1972 film "Last Tango in Paris." Pauline Kael called it "a landmark in movie history." In the 80's, he became dismayed by the pervasive materialism he saw in the West. His focus turned to the East. He made "The Last Emperor" set in China and "The Sheltering Sky" set in the Sahara Desert. His new movie is "Little Buddha." It's a fable. A Tibetan monk travels from the Kingdom of Bhutan to Seattle to visit a young American boy. The boy may be the reincarnation of an important Buddhist lama. "Little Buddha" stars Keanu Reeves, Chris Isaak, Chinese actor Ying Ruocheng and Bridget Fonda.