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2: Medical writer ROBIN MARANTZ HENIG. She's a frequent contributor to The New York Times Magazine, the Washington Post, Mirabella, and Vogue. Her new book, "A Dancing Matrix: Voyages Along the Viral Frontier," (Knopf) is about the work being done to understand viruses. The field has taken on new urgency since the AIDS virus emerged. HENIG says in the book that scientists have realized that emergence of a new virus is not as rare as they thought it was, and that it's caused mostly by human error rather than genetic mutation. They add that stresses on the ecological system can alter the balance between man and microbes, and can lead to the outbreak of a virus.

2: Singer, actress, dancer, ANN-MARGRET (no last name necessary) has written her autobiography, "Ann-Margret: My Story," (with Todd Gold, Putnam). In the book she writes about her relationship with Elvis Presley, her battle with alcohol abuse, and the stage accident that almost ended her career. ANN-MARGRET has appeared in the movies, "Bye Bye Birdie," "Carnal Knowledge," "Tommy," and others.

Ken Tucker reviews Garth Brook''s new album, "In Pieces"REV. : Kevin Whitehead reviews saxophonist EVAN PARKER''s new release, "Conic Sections" on the Ah Um label.

Televison critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews the new CBS telemovie "I Spy Returns," which re-pairs stars Bill Cosby and Robert Culp from the old "I Spy" series. BIANCULLI tells us how the telemovie stacks up against its competition, the regular lineup of NBC sitcoms.

Civil rights attorney and law professor JACK GREENBERG. He was just out of law school--a white Jewish man from the Bronx when he joined the fledgling NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund (LDF). GREENBERG took over the helm of the LDF from his mentor Thurgood Marshall when Marshall was appointed to the Federal Court of Appeals. During GREENBERG'S tenure there, the LDF litigated some of the watershed cases of the civil rights struggle. He has just published a memoir of his 35 years at the LDF. It's called "Crusaders in the Courts: How a Dedicated Band of Lawyers Fought for the Civil Rights Revolution" (Basic Books).

2: ROBERT SHOPE, Co-chair of the Committee on Emerging Microbial Threats to Health. Shope is also a physician and professor of epidemiology at the Yale University School of Medicine. SHOPE was part of the team that identifyied the virus that caused Lyme disease, and the rabies-related virus. Terry will talk with him about the on-going threat to our health by emerging viruses. SHOPE was also one of the editors of the book, "Emerging Infections: Microbial Threats to Health in the United States." (National Academy Press

2: Editor JUSTIN KAPLAN. He edited the new edition of Bartlett's book of quotations. Formerly in the publishing business, KAPLAN has written biographies of Walt Whitman, and Mark Twain, two of the most often quoted men in American history. His biography, "Mr. Clemens and Mark Twain" won a Pulitzer Prize in 1967. Bartlett's last edition was published in 1980. (Little, Brown and Co.) REBROADCAST. Originally aired 11/11/92.

Defensive lineman for the Atlanta Falcons, TIM GREEN. GREEN's written a novel, "Ruffians" (Turner), about a football star who's NFL experience is dominated by money and steroids. During football season, GREEN writes a weekly column for the "Syracuse Herald-Journal". Off season, GREEN attends law school. His sports commentaries can be heard occasionally on NPR

Executive producer and writer, TOM FONTANA. He was writer and producer for the TV show, "St. Elsewhere." He's currently executive producer along with filmmaker Barry Levinson, of "Homicide: Life on the Street," a new cop drama on NBC, that reviewers say goes beyond the usual formula offering, a "more complex psychological portrait." It's set in Baltimore. FONTANA is also the creator and executive producer of a new show to be aired this fall, "Philly Heat," on ABC.

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Writer JERRY STAHL. His new memoir is Permanent Midnight (Warner Bros). STAHL was a successful journalist, a scriptwriter for cult film classics like "Cafe Flesh," and "Dr. Caligari," who went on to write for the hit TV shows "Moonlighting," "ALF" and "thirtysomething." STAHL was also a junkie. His new memoir he writes, "You might say that success ruined me. You might say I ruined success." Tobias Wolff says of STAHL's book, "An original, appalling, indelible picture of a man trying to swim and drown at the same time."

Epidemiologist DR. DONALD FRANCIS. In the mid 1970's he was in Sudan helping to contain the Ebola virus, which had then just been identified. FRANCIS was also on the forefront of research on AIDS and the HIV virus. He was director of the CDC's AIDS Laboratory Activities, and worked closely with the Institut Pasteur to prove that HIV was the cause of AIDS. FRANCIS is currently doing research to develop a vaccine for HIV. (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE