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Book Reviewer Alan Cheuse just finished reading Inspired Sleep, by novelist Robert Cohen. (1:30) Inspired Sleep is published by Scribner.

Commentator Baxter Black details a specific kind of person, at least in his world view -- the Horse Person.

Journalists Lou Michel and Dan Herbeck are staff writers for the Buffalo News. The two have collaborated on the new book American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh & the Oklahoma City Bombing. Michel lived twenty minutes away from the McVeighs father, and over time he developed a relationship with the elder McVeigh which in turn helped him gain access to his son. Michel and Herbeck conducted nearly 80 hours of interviews with Timothy McVeigh. During the interviews, McVeigh expressed no remorse for the 168 deaths he caused and described the 19 children he killed as –collateral damage.— McVeigh is scheduled to be put to death by lethal injection on May 16th.

Veteran broadcaster and executive producer of 60 Minutes, DON HEWITT. Hes been with CBS News since 1948 and was producer-director of the CBS Evening News with Walter Cronkite before creating 60 Minutes in 1968. Hes written a new memoir, –Tell Me a Story: Fifty Years and 60 Minutes in Television— (PublicAffairs

President Bush spoke briefly to reporters today about the continuing standoff over the 24 Americans being held on the Chinese island of Hainan. The 24 were crew members aboard a U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft that was forced down after a collision with a Chinese fighter jet 10 days ago. NPR's Peter Kenyon reports from the White House.

Classical pianist and conductor Murray Perahia. Hes been exploring the music of J.S. Bach in his recordings. His latest is Bachs Keyboard Concertos vol. 1 which he recorded and conducted with the St. Martin in the Fields ensemble. He also recorded the Goldberg Variations and Bachs complete English Suites. (All are on Sony Classical). In 1994 Perahia suffered a thumb injury that left him unable to play regularly for a year. He took up his first conducting post as Principal Guest conductor of the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields. They just completed a 10-city tour.

Host Bob Edwards talks with Kenneth Leiberthal, China scholar at the University of Michigan. They discuss the impact of this situation on Bush's future foreign policy decisions.

NPR's Jennifer Ludden in Jerusalem reports the Israeli government is going ahead with plans to expand some of its settlements in the occupied West Bank despite strong international criticism.

Writers may go on strike in Hollywood. Representatives of the Writers Guild of America will sit down to negotiate with producers on April 17, two weeks before the Guild's threatened strike deadline. Meanwhile, the fall season for new TV shows and feature films are in a holding pattern. Noah Adams speaks with Entertainment Weekly writer Daniel Fireman.

Host Bob Edwards talks with NPR's Rob Gifford in Beijing and NPR's Tom Gjelten, about this morning's announcement by both the Chinese Foreign Ministry and the White House that they have reached an agreement. This will result in the return home of the 24 Navy personnel held on the southern island of Hainan.

NPR's Ivan Watson reports on illegal logging of rainforests in Liberia. Since the end of the country's civil war in 1997, the export of timber has been the government's main source of revenue. But now conservationists are worried that under the current rate of depletion, the forests may not be there 10 years from now.

Daft Punk is a French music duo known for their electronic dance beats. They released a big smash dance floor CD in 1997. Their new release is the first thing since. The CD is called Discovery. Writer Will Hermes has a review. (3:30) The CD Discovery by Daft Punk is on the Virgin label.