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2: Writer and former film maker GRETEL EHRLICH is the author of "The Solace of Open Spaces," a collection of essays about life on Wyoming's high plains. It was while walking on the Wyoming plains, that EHRLICH was struck by lightning. The force of it threw her forty feet, severly damaged part of her nervous system, and sent her into a "solitary limbo." EHRLICH returned to her parents home for medical treatment and began trying to understand what happened to her. She found explanations in medical books and in The Tibetan Book of the Dead, which described a wandering state between life and death, confusion and enlightenment. EHRLICH's new book is "A Match to the Heart." (Pantheon).

NPR and NBC legal affairs corespondent, NINA TOTENBERG. She broke the story of Anita Hill's allegations of sexual harassment against Clarance Thomas. In covering the Thomas/Hill Judiciary Committee hearings some conservative senators accused TOTENBERG of ruining the lives of both Thomas and Hill. TOTENBERG also brought the fact that Judge Douglas Ginsburg had smoked marijuana into the public eye, costing him a Supreme Court nomination. TOTENBERG's reports regularly for "Morning Edition," "Weekend Edition," and "All Things Considered."

2: GERALD EARLY is Director of African American Studies at Washington University, and author of several books. His newest book is a memoir about raising his two daughters, "Daughters: On Family and Fatherhood," (Addison-Wesley). One reviewer wrote, "a powerful reminder of the complexity and mystery, and abiding love that exists in families. . . this narrative. . is also suffused with the glory and pain and generational patience of black culture in America."

T-V critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews "Tribeca," which premieres tonight on Fox. It"s a drama series, and Robert DeNiro is one of the producers.

Linguist Geoffrey Nunberg on the oral culture of Somalia.

2: Singer-songwriter-poet-performance artist MAGGIE ESTEP. ESTEP calls herself "an angry, sweaty girl." As a teenager, she settled in New York City, and she's been in rock bands since the age of 17. Her current back-up band is called "I love Everybody." She was the cover girl on the February 1994 issue of "High Times" magazine; the article inside called her "the leader of the spoken word pack." She recently had a sold-out one-woman show at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in Manhattan's Lower East Side. Her debut album is called "No More Mr. Nice Girl." (NuYO Re

Commentator MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews E.L. Doctorow''s new novel, "The Waterworks."

ROGER CONNOR is founder and Executive Director of the American Alliance for Rights and Responsibilities (AARR), a legal organization aimed at making individuals more responsible for their communities. CONNOR and the AARR have been active in helping communities enact anti-panhandling laws. His group recently drafted a law making it illegal for panhandlers to step in someone's path, or to panhandle in subway stations or at ATM machines. CONNOR talks today about how panhandling affects communities, and what individuals and governments can do to solve the problems of homelessness and poverty

First half, Dave Frishberg. Second half, Ed Ward reviews some tex-mex bands.

Book critic JOHN LEONARD review Philip Roth''s new book, "Operation Shylock."