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British mystery writer ANNE PERRY is the author of 19 crime novels based in Victorian England. It was recently discovered that forty years ago, PERRY took part in a murder. She was 15 and on medication for an illness she had at the time. She went to jail for five and a half years. Her newly released 20th book, "The Sins of the Wolf" (Fawcett Columbine), is about a nurse imprisioned for a crime she didn't commit.

2: Journalist ARI L. GOLDMAN. He's the former religion correspondent for The New York Times. He's the author of "The Search for God At Harvard". It's about the year he took off from his job to attend the Harvard Divinity School and his experiences there and how they affected his own faith as an orthodox jew. (published by Random House). (REBROADCAST. Originally aired 5/28/91). GOLDMAN now teaches at the Columbia School of Journalism. .Tibetan buddhist master SOGYAL RINPOCHE ("soh-GYAL RIN-poh-chay," the ch as in chair). He was born in Tibet and raised by a master in the buddhist tradition. He also studied at Cambridge University in England. He has lived outside of Tibet, in exile, for 20 years. "Rinpoche" is a title usually given to incarnate Lamas, meaning "the Precious One." John Cleese of Monty Python fame once introduced one of Rinpoche's talks, by saying it was the first time he played warm-up man to an incarnate lama. Rinpoche is the incarnation of Terton Sogyal (1856-1926), a Tibetan mystic and the teacher of the last Dalai Lama. Rinpoche's book, "The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying," combines Tibetan wisdom with modern research on death and dying. (HarperCollins) (REBROADCAST. Originally aired 4/20/93) (THIS INTERVIEW CONTINUES AFTER THE ATC PROMO).

Religion historian MARTIN MARTY. Marty, who teaches at the University of Chicago, is one of the foremost authorities on religion and society. He's the author of a four volume work on religion in the 20th century. In 1992 he published the first volume of a multi-volume look at fundamentalism, "The Fundamentalism Project." (The University of Chicago Press). That's when Terry talked with him. He has since published three other volumes; the fifth and last volume in the project will be published next year. (REBROADCAST. Originally aired 2

Legal journalist STEPHEN ADLER. He is legal affairs editor of "The Wall Street Journal." And he's written a new book about what's wrong with the jury system and how it can be fixed: "The Jury: Trial and Error in the American Courtroom," (Times Books/Random House). ADLER looks at the history of the jury system and how our attitudes about juries have changed over the years. ADLER blames poor jury selection, shrewd and savvy lawyers, and judges who don't explain the legal issues well enough. to jurors

Commentator JIM NORTHRUP looks at computers on Native American Reservations.

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Rock critic KEN TUCKER picks the best pop music of 1994. He reviews his ten favorite new albums: The Mavericks, "What a Crying Shame" (MCA); Sam Phillips, "Martinis and Bikinis" (Virgin); L7, "Hungry for Stink" (Warner Bros.); Joni Mitchell, "Turbulent Indigo" (Warner Bros.); Pearl Jam, "Vitalogy" (Epic); Liz Phair, "Whip-Smart" (Atlantic); Sugar, "File Under Easy Listening" (Rykodisc); Oasis, "Definitely Maybe" (Sony); Madonna, "Bedtime Stories" (Warner Bros.); and Pretenders, "Last of the Independents" (Warner Bros.). His runners-up include Sheryl Crow's "Tuesday Night Music Club", Richard Thompson's "Mirror Blue", and Mark Chesnutt's, "What a Way to Live". TUCKER plays some samples of the top ten and talks about what's alternative and what's mainstream.

TV critic DAVID BIANCULLI reviews the new shows "Madman of the People," with Dabney Coleman and "The Martin Short Show."

2: Correspondent for CBS's Sunday Morning and the Sunday edition of CBS Evening News, BILL GEIST. (pronounced like "Heist"). He's been a Little League coach for over 10 years and has written a funny book about it, "Little League Confidential: One Coach's Completely Unauthorized Tale of Survival." (Dell).

Commentator MAUREEN CORRIGAN reviews the new memoir by Henry Louis Gates, Jr., "Colored People."

Rock and roll songwriting team JERRY LEIBER and MIKE STOLLER. They're responsible for many of the greatest hits in rock history, among them "Hound Dog," "Yakity Yak," and "Stand By Me." Rhino records has a collection of their songs, called "There's A Riot Goin' On." And their songs have been published in the "Lieber & Stoller Songbook" (Warner Books). (Rebroadcast from December 19,

Writer and profesor MARY JO WEAVER. She teaches Religious and Women's Studies at Indiana University. Her new book is, "Springs of Water in a Dryland: Spiritual Survival for Catholic Women Today," (Beacon Press). It's about the "double bind" that many Catholic women find themselves in, of either living within a institutionalized church structure that is oppressive, or rejecting a church which is a source of spiritual enrichment. In her book WEAVER argues that it is possible for a woman to be a feminist and remain Catholic. WEAVER is also the author of "New Catholic Women: A Contemporary Challenge to Traditional Religious Authority."