Terry Gross

Playwright, novelist, and screenwriter Paul Rudnick. His new play "The Most Fabulous Story Ever Told" looks at God and Creation from a gay perspective. (It's playing at the Minetta Lane Theatre in Greenwich Village in New York City). Rudnick also wrote the plays as "I Hate Hamlet," "The Naked Eye," and "Jeffrey." And he wrote the screenplays for "Addams Family Values" and "In & Out."

Novelist Elmore Leonard. "Be Cool" (Delacorte Press) is his newest book. It continues the story of Chili Palmer, the small time Brooklyn crook in "Get Shorty" who became a Hollywood movie producer. John Travolta played Chili in the movie version. "Be Cool" has Palmer dabbling in the music industry. It's also soon to be a new film.

Film director and writer Wes Anderson. The 29 year old director has a short but impressive list of films to his credit: "Bottle Rocket" and this year's "Rushmore." Both are offbeat films, with a love of character and idiosyncrasies. Both films were written by ANDERSON and his writing partner Owen Wilson. "Rushmore" stars Bill Murray.

Chicago soul/blues singer Otis Clay. The Mississippi native got his training in gospel. As a teenager he joined the gospel/pop harmony group Blue Jay Quartet, and then worked with a number of gospel groups. In the 1960s he signed with One-derful Records and recorded the singles, "Tired of Falling In and Out of Love," "A Flame in Your Heart" and "Got to Find a Way." Later he signed with Hi Records and recorded the hit "Trying to Live My Life Without You." His newest release is "This Time Around" (Bullseye).

Journalist Patrick Cockburn (CO-BURN). He's been a senior Middle East Correspondent for the Financial Times and the London Independent. He's the co-author of the new book, "Out of the Ashes: The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein" (HarperCollins). He'll discuss the bombing campaign against Iraq, Saddam's hold on power, the royal family and more.

Neil Gershenfeld is author of "When Things Start to Think." (Henry Holt) He talks about his research into the future technology. This includes shoes with computers in them, Refrigerators that tell you when the milk is expired, and coffee cups that know how you like your coffee. He co-directs the Things That Think research consortium at the MIT Media Lab in Cambridge, Ma.

Tom Standage is author of "The Victorian Internet."(Walker) He explores the development of the telegraph and the parallels it has with today's internet. Standage is a science writer for The Economist in London. He lives in Greenwich, England.

Head of Solid Tumor Oncology at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York, Dr. Larry Norton. He'll discuss the newest treatments for cancer.

Authority on complementary cancer treatments Michael Lerner. and founder of The Commonweal Cancer Help Program. He's also the author of the book "Choices in Healing: Integrating the Best of Conventional and Complementary Approaches to Cancer" (The MIT Press). Lerner won a MacArthur Prize Fellowship for his work in public health in 1983. His research institute was featured on Bill Moyers' PBS series "Healing and the Mind."

Marisa Weiss is co-author of the new book "Living Beyond Breast Cancer: A Survivor's Guide for When Treatment Ends and the Rest of Your Life Begins." (Times Books) WEISS is a radiation oncologist at Paoli Memorial Hospital in Pennsylvania. In 1992, she formed the support network "Living Beyond Breast Cancer" to help survivors and their families.