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We pay tribute to Frank Zappa who died over the weekend with an excerpt of a 1989 interview with him.

2: Russian literary critic and dissident writer, VICTOR EROFEYEV (ER-row-FAY-ev). He's written his first novel, "Russian Beauty," (Viking). The book, about a young bisexual beauty who leaves the provinces for Moscow, has been a best-seller in Russia. EROFEYEV is also the son of a Soviet diplomat.

2: FRESH AIR producer AMY SALIT talks with PETER GARRETT, lead singer of the Australian rock band MIDNIGHT OIL...a band known for its environmental and political activisim. They have a new album, EARTH AND SUN AND MOON (Col

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).

Professional New York house cleaner and NPR commentator, DAVID SEDARIS (seh-DAR-iss). Sedaris occasionally reads from his diaries on NPR; he started this year around Christmas time, when he recounted tales of being a Macy's elf named Crumpet during the holiday season. Other pieces have covered life with window hangers, the world of soap operas, and smoking on a bench in Central Park with a non-smoker. He's recently signed with Little, Brown for a book of short stories and a novel.

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.

Children's book writer and illustrator MAURICE SENDAK. He's been at it for over 40 years. His books are classics: "Where the Wild Things Are," "In the Night Kitchen," and others. They are "unsentimental fantasizes" (LA Times Magazine), challenging the belief that children should be protected from their fears and anxieties. In all, SENDAK has illustrated 80 children's books (19 of which he wrote). He's also designed over 10 opera sets, including one for "The Nutcracker." SENDAK has a new book, about a pack of homeless kids, "We are all in The Dumps with Jack and Guy." (HarperCollins Publishers

2: Painter LARRY RIVERS. He has a new autobiography, "What Did I Do?" (HarperCollins Publishers). RIVERS is known by art historians as "a great figurative painter," "the father of Pop Art," and is recognized as the first American artist to use vulgar objects in an artistic context. The book centers on his experiences as part of a loosely knit association of poets and painters who were young, poor and ambitious in New York in the 50's. RIVERS also was a jazz saxophonist, he appeared on camera and stage, did heavy drugs, and had an unashamed interest in sexuality that went from unconventional entanglements with both sexes to conventional participation in marriage and family life -- all of which he details in his new book. (REBROADCAST. Originally aired 10

Ward on saxophone solos.

Novelist AMITAV GHOSH. (AHM-eh-TAUV GOSH) He was born in Calcutta and studied in India, Britian, and Egypt. He has a new novel, "In An Antique Land," (Knopf) which tells the story of two Indians in Egypt: a 12th century slave who GHOSH had read about, and GHOSH's own trip to Egypt to find out about the slave's life. GHOSH will also talk with Terry about the violence in India between Muslims and Hindus.

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Film critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews "Manhatten Murder Mystery," the new Woody Allen movie.