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Former Black Panther ELAINE BROWN. Her new book, A Taste of Power, (Pantheon), tells the story of Brown's rise to the head of the Black Panther Party in the mid-70s and her later break with the Party

Writer ANNE LAMOTT continues her chronicle of life with her young son, SAM. Lamott is the author of OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS: A JOURNAL OF MY SON"S FIRST YEAR. (Pantheon).

Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF, reviews "Mrs. Doubtfire," starring Robin Williams and Sally Field.

TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews the second TV movie about the Texas mother who wanted to secure her daughter''s place on the cheer leading squad by conspiring to kill a rival student and her mother. This one is on HBO, "The Positively True Adentures of the Alleged Texas Cheerleader Murdering Mom." REV: MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews "The Man with Night Sweats," a book of poems about AIDS by Thom Gunn.

Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews a new CD-box set, just right for the jazz-lover in your circle of family or friends "Ornette Coleman: Beauty is a Rare Thing: The Complete Atlantic Recordings," (on Rhino).

2: Actor and film Director BILL DUKE. He's directed several 0ff-Broadway plays, and lots of television, including PBS's award winning teleplays, "The Meeting," and "Raisin in the Sun." He directed the movies, "A Rage in Harlem," and "Deep Cover." His latest film is "The Cemetary Club," about three Jewish widows, who meet up with an charming widower. (REBROADCAST from 2

Terry has a discussion about the politics of identity, the strengths and limitations of social and political movements that define themselves by ethnicity, religion, gender, and sexual orientation. She talks with: 1) ELLEN WILLIS, professor of Journalism at NYU, and a former senior editor of The Village Voice. She's written extensively on feminist issues. Her new book of essays is "No More Nice Girls." (Wesleyan Press) 2) EDWARD SAID ("sigh-eed"), professor of literature at Columbia. He is a Palestinian American and has seen himself as someone who interprets the west for the middle east, and vice versa. His new book is "Culture and Imperialism," (Knopf) 3) GAYLE PEMBERTON, associate director of African American studies at Princeton. She's the author of "The Hottest Water in Chicago," a collection of autobiographical essays. (Faber & Faber).

DAVID MILCH, creator and a producer of ABC's police drama, "NYPD Blue". Teaming up again with Steven Bochco (who hired MILCH as a writer on "Hill Street Blues"), "NYPD Blue" has come under fire for the show's panorama of moral ambiguity, violence, partial nudity and profanity. The show's eccentric criminality may be traced to MILCH's fondness for horse racing and gambling (he owns "about a dozen" thoroughbreds), and the time he spent in a Mexican jail. CHARLES DUTTON, star of the T-V comedy series "Roc." Dutton came to acting in a very roundabout way: while serving a manslaughter sentence in the Maryland State Penitentiary, he organized the performance of a play, and realized he loved acting. A future episode of "Roc" concerns guns in the schools, and how a single act of violence can escalate tragically.

Legendary Broadway dancer GWEN VERDON. She starred in "Damn Yankees," "Sweet Charity." "Redhead," and "Chicago." VERDON won four Tony awards and she's about to receive a lifetime achievement award from the New Dramatists playwrights workshop.

Book critic JOHN LEONARD reviews the new book of verse by Vikram Seth, "A Suitable Boy."