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2: Spokesperson for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), YETTA SORENSEN. She's based in Zagreb, Croatia. Terry speaks with her from Croatia about the organizations relief efforts in the former Yugoslavia. Their work has been extremely dangerous there. In May one of their relief convoys was attacked and a ICRC delegate was killed and the organization pulled out of the area until mid-July. Last December, in response to the "ethnic cleansing" in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the ICRC issued an unprecedented public statement condemning the atrocities there.

Iraqi dissident writer KANAN MAKIYA. He wrote, under the pseudonym Samir al-Khalil, the book "Republic of Fear," about Saddam Hussein's regime. The book was one of the first alarms about the brutality of Hussein's regime. MAKIYA has a new book, "Cruelty and Silence: War, Tyranny, Uprising and the Arab World." (W.W. NORTON). In the book he criticizes Arab intellectuals for keeping silent over escalating cruelties in the Arab world.

World music commentator MILO MILES tells us about the tango music of Julio de Caro. He and his band set the standard for tango music in Buenos Aires in the 20''s, and his music has just been reissued on the Spanish El Bandoneon label.

Actor and Theater Director, W. H. MACY. A member of Playwright David Mamet's circle of theater innovators, Macy has most recently starred in Mamet's new play "Oleanna", and was featured in his film "Homocide". They co-founded the Atlantic Theater Company, an ensemble which performs mainly original works by American writers. Members of the company wrote "A Practical Handbook For The Actor", (Vintage Books) from notes taken during acting workshops led by Mr. Macy. One critic writes that the ensemble "has rescued theater from the mindless"

Broadway lyricist SHELDON HARNICK. He wrote the lyrics for the 1963 Broadway hit "She Loves Me." A revival of "She Loves Me" opens on Broadway on June 10. Harnick also wrote the lyrics for "Fiddler On The Roof." (Rebroadcast. Originally broadcast on Monday, December 12,

Ethnobotanist MARK PLOTKIN. He has a new book about what he learned about botany and medicine from the Medicine Men of the tropical rain forests. His new book is "Tales of a Shaman's Apprentice," published by VIKING

2: Co-founder of the working women's advocacy group, "9 to 5," KAREN NUSSBAUM. She helped found the group 20 years ago. Marty will talk with her about the the changing role of women in the workplace in the last twenty years, and about the concerns of women in the workplace, like childcare.

2: Novelist FRANK CONROY. At 57, he's just published his first novel, "Body & Soul" (Houghton & Mifflin). He is currently the director of the prestigous Iowa Writers Program, and this novel has been long awaited by fans of his 1967 autobiography "Stop Time". Conroy has one other book, a collection of short stories called "Midair"; he's worked as a jazz pianist in Greenwich Village and Nantucket for many years.

2: Interview with Psychiatrist Peter Kramer continues.

Film Critic STEPHEN SCHIFF reviews "The Joy Luck Club," the movie adaptation of the Amy Tan novel.

2: Terry Anderson and wife, Madeleine Bassil, continued.

2: Rebroadcast of interview with BILL FRISSELL.