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2: Novelist BENJAMIN CHEEVER. He's the author of two humorous novels; the latest is called "The Partisan" (Atheneum). It follows on the heels of his first novel, "The Plagiarist." Of his first, one reviewer wrote, "Wit and pathos, so finely meshed they become inseparable, buoy the main events in this achingly funny first novel. . . This is a touching, entertaining debut." Ben is the son of the late writer John Cheever. In writing his novels Ben says he finally found his own voice, separate from his father's. Ben is also the editor of "The Letters of John Cheever," published in 1988. (Rebroadcast. Originally broadcast 3

nnie Lamott on keeping her son safe AND independent.

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2: Actor JASON ALEXANDER. He's best known as George Costanza on the NBC series "Seinfeld", where he plays Jerry Seinfeld's best friend. Alexander won a Tony Award in 1989 for his performance in "Jerome Robbin's Broadway." (REBROADCAST FROM 6/23/92).

Syndicated columnist and writer for TIME magazine, CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER. He favors an economic blockade of North Korea to force its government to stop any development of nuclear weapons. Of President Clinton's policy on North Korea KRAUTHAMMER has said, "To allow North Korea to flout the nonproliferation treaty and become bomb supplier to every outlaw state on the planet would be Clinton's most humliating and most dangerous foreign policy retreat yet." (Wash Post 3/25/94).

Writer A.E. HOTCHNER. His memoir, about growing up in a flophouse during the depression, "King of the Hill," is being made into a movie, directed by Stephen Soderbergh (who directed "Sex, Lives, and Videotape). Hotchner is best known for his controversial 1966 biography of his personal friend Ernest Hemingway, "Papa Hemingway: A Personal Memoir." Presented in the unusual form of dialogue, Hotchner faced criticism from the literary community and an attempt by Hemingway's widow to ban the sale of the book.

Former Major Leaguer KEITH HERNANDEZ. Called by some baseball purists the finest First Baseman in the game, HERNANDEZ played with the St. Louis Cardinals, the New York Mets, and the Cleveland Indians. He is the winner of eleven consecutive Golden Glove Awards for fielding, and played in two World Championships. HERNANDEZ's new book is "Pure Baseball: Pitch by Pitch for the Advanced Fan" (Harper): analysis of two 1993 match-ups, with play by play commentary, based on his seventeen years in the game. (Rebroadcast Originally aired 2/

A broadcast of a panel held at New York University in April called "Cops and Writers: Crime and Punishment in Literature and Real Life." The panel, sponsored by the PEN American Center and The New York Review of Books, features police officials and writers, including crime writer Walter Mosley, whose novel "Black Betty" is on the bestseller list, and author Joyce Carol Oates. The panel focuses on the fine line between crime fiction and crime reality. The writers talk about the fact that crime novelists generally draw on real criminals and real crimes to create their characters and plot. While these crime novels often seem implausible to readers, they say, what happens in the real world of crime is often even more unbelievable.

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TV critic David Bianculli reviews a new mystery-comedy series NBC seems eager to kill.