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2: MARY PREVITE (pronounced prev-eh-tee). She's the administrator of the Camden County Youth Center. Over the 19 years she's been at the CCYC, PREVITE has witnessed the increase of violence in our society, and its effect on America's young. PREVITE says that most of the kids she sees live in terror, knowing violence as the only way to express their emotions. Fourteen years ago PREVITE started a student newspaper called "What's Happening", establishing a dialogue between herself, the kids, and the community. (REBROADCAST from 12

2: KRISTIN CLARK TAYLOR was President Bush's White House director of media relations. In so doing she was the first African-American woman in history to hold that post. She's written a new book about it, "The First to Speak: A Woman of Color inside the White House." (Doubleday).

Poet, writer, and teacher NANCY MAIRS. She's Catholic, but started out Protestant; late in life she became a feminist. She calls herself, "the connoisseur of catastrophe." She's known for writing honestly about her struggles with multiple sclerosis, depression, and the life-threatening illness of her husband. MAIRS also writes about being a woman, a mother, and a wife. Her newest book of personal essays is "Ordinary Time," (Beacon). One revewier calls it, "a small miracle of honesty mediated by dignity and humor." (REBROADCAST FROM 7/19/93).

Commentator MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews "Remember Laughter," Neil Grauer''s biography of James Thurber (University of Nebraska Press).

2: INTERVIEW WITH DR. MARK FEINBERG continued.

Afrikaner poet, painter and dissident BREYTEN BREYTENBACH (BRY-ten BRY-ten-back). In 1975, BREYTENBACH was an anti-apartheid activist in exile. When he made a secret visit to his native South Africa, BREYTENBACH was arrested, charged for treason, and imprisoned for seven years. In his writing, BREYTENBACH "alternates outrage at South Africa's governmental policies of apartheid with love for his country and its landscape". BREYTENBACH's most recent work is "Return to Paradise" (Harcourt Brace). He's also written "A Season in Paradise," "Confessions of an Albino Terrorist," and many other volumes of poetry and essays

2: Actor JOHN TURTURRO. He co-starred in Spike Lee's film, "Do the Right Thing." He's a favorite of the Coen Brothers. They wrote parts specifically for him: He was Bernie the Schmatta in "Miller's Crossing," and the writer Barton Fink in the movie of the same name. He's just wrote, directed, and starred in the new movie, "Mac" based on his father. (This interview continues after the ATC promo).

2: Interview with ICE-T continued.

DAVID LEVY is an amateur astronomer. He's discovered 21 comets, both as an amateur and as part of a professional team. He recently discovered the comet that will crash into Jupiter on July 16th, and the comet is named after him. In a Smithsonian magazine article, he called this comet "the most catclysmic event observed in our solar system since the dawn of civilization." LEVY is a contributer to many astronomical magazines, and is the author of numerous books on astronomy. He has recently published "Quest for Comets: An Explosive Trail of beauty and Danger" (Plenum Press), and has another book "Skywatching" (Nature Company) forthcoming in July

2: FRANK LANGELLA is the star of the new HBO Showcase film "Doomsday Gun," the true story of Dr. Gerald Bull, a brilliant arms designer who fulfills his lifelong dream of building a "Supergun." When he builds the weapon for Sadaam Hussein, he becomes involved in the political dangers of the international arms trade. "Doomsday Gun" is scheduled to air Saturday, July 23rd. LANGELLA has played Dracula in the Broadway revival of "Dracula" for which he received a Tony nomination, as well as in the 1979 film version of "Dracula." Most recently, he has appeared in the Broadway play "Booth," and in the movie "Dave," as Bob Alexander, the evil White House Chief of Staff.