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Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews "Stranger Than Fiction." It''s the new album from Bad Religion. REV. 2: Commentator MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews the 25th anniversary edition of "Portnoy''s Complaint" by Philip Roth.

2: Part TWO of the interview with journalists DONALD BARLETT and JAMES STEELE. Their reports from the front pages of the "Philadelphia Inquirer" later became the book "America: What went Wrong"; it was a bestseller for eight months, and added fuel to the fire of the 1992 Election. Their new book of investigative reporting is "America: Who Really Pays the Taxes?" (Simon & Schuster). They argue the middle class has been soaked by the current tax system; that the same dollar earned by a neighborhood grocer is taxed more than if it was earned by a foreign corporation doing business here. .

Film Critic Stephen Schiff on Hollywood''s latest epic, "House of the Spirits," based on the book by Isabel Allende.

3: Horror writer PATRICK MCGRATH. McGrath has been described as "a Poe for the 80's," a postmodern-gothic storyteller. Horror writing is a genre that comes easily to McGrath, who grew up on the grounds of an English asylum for the criminally insane. He's written a collection of short stories and several novels. He does a reading from his 1990 book, "Spider" (Poseidon). His latest book is "Doctor Haggard's Disease" (Simon & Schuster), from 1993. (REBROADCAST FROM 9

2: ERNEST GAINES is the author of "The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman" and "A Gathering of Old Men." He talks about growing up in rural Louisiana and his new novel, "A Lesson Before Dying" (Knopf), which brings together two black men, one a teacher, the other a death row inmate.

Columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer, STEVE LOPEZ. His first novel, "Third and Indiana" (Viking), was published in September. It's about life in Philadelphia's "Badlands." The origin of the story was a two-paragraph item LOPEZ read in the paper about a 14 year-old boy shot and killed on a drug corner in North Philadelphia. LOPEZ was disturbed by the casualness and brevity of the report. Terry talks with LOPEZ about his new book, and about his popular columns spearing local politicians. (REBROADCAST FROM 9

Rock critic KEN TUCKER reviews two new country albums -- Hal Ketchum''s "Every Little Word," (Curb Records) and David Ball''s "thinkin'' Problem." (Warner Bros.) REV. 2: Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews Keith Jarrett''s new album, "At the Deer Head Inn." Jarrett, on piano, teams up with bassist Gary Peacock and drummer Paul Motian. (ECM Records/BMG Cla

"Wall Street Journal" senior writer JANE MAYER is co-author of "Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas" (Houghton Mifflin). MAYER and her co-author, Jill Abramson, investigated sexual harassment allegations against Thomas made by Anita Hill. They found other women who had had similar experiences with Thomas, but who were never called to testify. They wanted to write an objective account of the process, and they bring their harshest criticism on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Rock critic KEN TUCKER has a review of "Pretty Close to the Truth" (Atlantic), the new recording by Jim Lauderdale. INT. 2: Biographer PETER MANSO. He''s written "Brando: The Biography" (Hyperion), the result of seven years of research and over 700 interviews. It tells the story of Brando as a man with a hidden troubled life. MANSO is also the author of an oral biography of Norman Mailer. REV. 2: TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews "Scarlett," CBS'' eight-hour mini-series that starts this Sunday.

Horror film director JOHN CARPENTER. He's best known for the film "Halloween," one of the most successful independent films ever ($300,000 budget, over $30 million in receipts). His other credits include "The Thing," "Christine," "Starman," and "Memoirs of an Invisible Man," starring Chevy Chase. His upcoming movie is "Into the Mouth of Madness." (REBROADCAST FROM 10

Former Secretary of State GEORGE SHULTZ. He has a new memoir, "Turmoil and Triumph: My Years As Secretary of State," (Scribners). Terry will talk with him mostly about the Iran-Contra Affair. Early on, SCHULTZ opposed any arms-for-hostages deal.

Nigerian writer WOLE SOYINKA (Wo-lay Shaw-INKA) He was the first African to be awarded the Nobel prize for literature (in 1986), and he's been called one of Africa's "finest writers." He is a dramatist, poet, novelist, critic, and political writer. Some of his works have been banned by Nigerian regimes. He's gone into exile several times and has been imprisoned for political protests. He's written 21 books, including "Myth, Literature, and the African World," and his autobiography, "Ake': The Years of Childhood." (Ventura books).