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Commentator MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews "French Lessons," by Alice Kaplan.

Writer and professor MICHAEL ERIC DYSON, author of "Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X" (Oxford University Press). The book explores the different sides of Malcolm X and how his influence is felt today. DYSON is also the author of "Reflecting Black," and a professor of Communications Studies at the University of North Carolina.

FLOYD COCHRAN used to be a recruiter and public relations man for the racist, anti-Semitic Aryan Nations, based in Idaho. About two years ago, COCHRAN left the group and denounced it and its racist views. Now he travels the country speaking out against white supremacy movements, and the philosphy of hatred. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW). (Rebroadcast from 3.

American-Israeli ZEV CHAFETS (SHAY-fetz). He is editor of "The Jerusalem Report," a news magazine published in Israel. He was the director of the government press office under prime minister Menacham Begin. He's also the author of "Inherit the Mob," a comic novel about a journalist lured into the Jewish Mafia, baited by a large inheritance.

Grammy Award winning jazz musician WYNTON MARSALIS. He's been playing the trumpet since he was six, and won his first Grammy at 20. His albums include "The Majesty of the Blues," "Thick in the South," and "Citi Movement," with the Wynton Marsalis Septet. MARSALIS is also the cofounder and artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He recently announced that he is breaking up the Septet so he can spend more time with the Lincoln Center. "Sweet Swing Blues on the Road" (W.W. Norton & Company), is his new book, written in collaboration with photographer Frank Stewart. The book, in MARSALIS's words, "tries to document as my fellow musicians and I have lived it."

Novelist PATRICIA O'BRIEN. She spent twenty years as a reporter for the Chicago Sun Times. In 1988, she worked as Michael Dukakis' press secretary when he ran for president. She now writes novels about women on the inside of Washington power circles. Her latest novel is called "The Ladies Lunch," (Simon and Schuster) about a group of Washington women who meet weekly for lunch, until one of their group, the White House press secretary, dies a violent and mysterious death

2: Journalist JAMES TRAUB has written "City on a Hill: Testing the American Dream at City College." This is an exploration of the "open admissions policy" that was implemented at the College in 1970, and the effects this policy has had on the school. TRAUB examined remedial classes and struggling students, and talked to administrators and professors including Leonard Jeffries, the controversial Chair of the Black Studies Department.

Excerpt from an interview with DESMOND TUTU.

TV critic David Bianculli reviews the premiere of the second life of NBC''s cop- show, "Homicide".

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews Tom Petty''s new album.