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2: Novelist and Poet, JAMES DICKEY. Now 70, the author of the famed novel "Deliverance" and many volumes of poetry has released his third work of fiction, "To the White Sea" (Houghton Mifflin): a taut tale told in bare language of one pilot's survival in the waning days of World War II.

Author and physician ABRAHAM VERGHESE (Ver-GEEZ, sounds like Bear with a "V") An Indian raised in Ethopia, Abraham Verghese arrived in the United States in 1980 as a rookie doctor. Upon completing an internship in infectious diseases, Dr. Verghese accepted a position in the rural, Appalachian town of Johnson City, Tennessee. The year was 1985 and AIDS had begun to ravage large metropolitan areas. Within the year, Dr. Verghese was treating his first case of AIDS in this rural outpost. Baffled by the arrival of the disease, he looked closer and discovered that his patients had not contracted HIV in Johnson City, rather they were choosing to return home to die. These men were seen as outsiders, not unlike the Indian Dr. Verghese, in this small town. In his memoir "My Own Country," (Simon & Schuster) Dr. Verghese captures the diversity of his patients and his own experience treating AIDS in rural America.

Commentator MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews the new novel, "Shelter" by Jayne Anne Phillips.

Writer and Naturalist-in Residence at the Utah Museum of Natural History TERRY TEMPEST WILLIAMS. She was described by "Newsweek" as "one of the West's most striking new writers." Born a Utah Mormon, Williams has written several books about the environment and the West, such as "Coyote's Canyon" and "Earthly Messengers." Her book, "Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place," concerned her mother's unsuccessful battle with cancer and the flooding of the Bear River Migratory Bird Refuge by the rising Great Salt Lake waters. It also asserts that the seven cancer deaths in her family probably resulted from atomic testing in Nevada in the fifties and sixties. (Published by Random House.) (REBROADCAST. Originally aired 10

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews "Definitely Maybe," the debut album by Oasis (Epic).

A STEREO Concert and interview with singer/songwriter and musician DAVE ALVIN. He's best known for his guitar "firepower" with the Blasters (for which he was also primary composer and songwriter). He also had a short stint with the band X. ALVIN went solo a few years ago, and began honing his voice. He's just released his third solo album -- his first accoustic one -- "King of California" (HighTone Records). One reviewer wrote of ALVIN that he's "one of the few artists capable of drawing on the spirits of both Woody Guthrie and Johnny 'Guitar' Watson for a populist vision of storytelling in a bluesy setting." (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW). (REBROADCAST. ORIGINALLY AIRED 6/

Film critic Stephen Schiff reviews "Fresh."

2: Interview with journalist PETER ARNETT continues.

2: A new young poet and short-story writer SHERMAN ALEXIE. He's a 26 year-old Native American who grew up on the Spokane/Coeur d'Alene Indian Reservation in Washington State. His first book of poetry and short-stories, "The Business of Fancydancing," (Hanging Loose Press, Brooklyn) published in 1992 was hailed by he New York Times as "wide-ranging, dexterous and consistently capable of raising your neck hair," and termed ALEXIE "one of the major lyric voices of our time." ALEXIE has a new book, "The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven." (Atlantic Monthly Press).

No arts review. YOUSEFF IBRAHIM interview continues.

Actor FOREST WHITAKER. He's one of the most respected character actors in Hollywood. He developed that reputation doing roles that got away from the stereotypes often given to black actors. WHITAKER was the British soldier kidnapped by the IRA in the "Crying Game." In "The Color of Money," he had a brief part as a pool hustler. He also starred in "Good Morning, Vietnam." His biggest starring role was portraying jazz great Charlie Parker in the movie, "Bird." WHITAKER is currently co-starring in Robert Altman's new film, "Ready to Wear (Pret-A-Porter)."

Terry talks with two young men who've been thru the program at the Camden County Youth Center, a juvenile detention center in Camden, New Jersey: EDDIE BUDAH and DERREK PENNY. BUDAH will read some of his poetry that has appeared in the Center's newsletter, "What's Happening." (REBROADCAST 12