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MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews "The Bird Artist," by Howard Norman (Farrar.Straus &Giroux).

Today is the 50th Anniversary of the beginning of the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto. Terry talks with RAFAEL SCHARF. He's compiled a new book of photographs, "In The Warsaw Ghetto Summer 1941," (Aperture). The photographs were all taken one summer day in 1941 by German soldier and have never been published before. SCHARF was born in Poland, but left the country shortly before World War II. He is one of the founders of "The Jewish Quarterly," a London literary and political magazine. Many of SCHARF's relatives were killed in the camps.

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews the newest retelling of the Frankenstein story, "Mary Shelly''s Frankenstein," directed by Kenneth Branagh.

1: Actor BURT REYNOLDS. Star of "Evening Shade," and such films as "Deliverance" and "Smokey and the Bandit." He's written his autobiography, "My Life" (Hyperion). Terry spoke with REYNOLDS before he cut short his book tour.

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2: From the film "The Last Seduction" (October Films), actress LINDA FIORENTINO and screenwriter STEVE BARANCIK. BARANCIK's screenplay tells the story of a woman who robs her husband of the proceeds of a drug deal and then leaves town. FIORENTINO stars as "one of the screen's most formidible femme fatales ever" ("Variety"), as she displays her character's "spellbinding talent for getting exactly what she wants" ("The New York Times").

2: FRED WAITZKIN has written two books about chess. His first, "Searching For Bobby Fischer," is about his young son Josh's gift for chess. The book was made into a movie of the same name, starring Joe Mantegna as Fred Waitzkin, with Laurence Fishburne and Ben Kingsley. Waitzkin's latest book is called "Mortal Games." It's a portrait of the world chess champion Garry Kasparov as he prepares, in 1990, to defend his title against sworn enemy Anatoly Karpov.

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews the new Spielberg film, "Schindler''s List."

BERRY GORDY, founder of Motown. GORDY and Motown made stars out of musicians including Diana Ross and the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, and Michael Jackson. GORDY has written his autobiography, "To Be Loved: The Music, the Magic, the Memories of Motown: An Autobiography" (Warner Books).

MIKE STROUD and his companion Ranulph Fiennes were the first people to cross Antarctica on foot. Their 95-day expedition culminated in 1993. STROUD has just written a book, "Shadows on the Wasteland," (The Overlook Press) about the 95-day, 1350-mile journey. STROUD is a doctor, nutritionist, and survival consultant to the British Ministry of Defense, and has participated in other Polar expedition