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E.FULLER TORREY, M.D., a research psychiatrist at the Neuroscience Center of the National Institute of Mental Health and has come out with a new book, "Out of the Shadows: Confronting America's Mental Illness Crisis" (John Wiley & Sons, Inc.) Calling the disease a human tragedy and major social problem, Torrey examines the dangers of neglecting the mentally ill and provides political and economic approaches necessary for change. Torrey is the author of 12 books in all, including the best-selling book "Surviving Schizophrenia." 12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

Actress GENA ROWLANDS (jen-ah...roe-lenz). She won acclaim for her performance in "A Woman Under the Influence" and "Gloria." ROWLANDS collaborated with her late husband, actor/screenwriter/and director, John Cassavetes for thirty years. ROWLANDS stars in the new film "Unhook the Stars"(Miramax Films) in which she plays Mildred, a middle-aged woman who finds herself at a crucial turning point in her life. The film was written and directed by ROWLAND'S son, Nick Cassavetes, and just went into wide distribution. (REBROADCAST FROM 12/2/96.)12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

Playwright JAMES H. CHAPMYN. Chapmyn was homeless, surviving on garbage and sleeping in vacant buildings in the '80's. A suicide note he began writing to his mother inspired him to write the play "Our Young Black Men Are Dying and Nobody Seems to Care," which became a big hit on the so-called chittlin' circuit. He went on to write other plays on social issues facing the African-American community., making a name for himself as a playwright and a social activist. (THIS INTERVIEW EXTENDS INTO THE SECOND HALF OF THE SHOW)12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

Freelance journalist and music critic FRED GOODMAN. He is also a former Rolling Stones and Billboard editor and current contributing editor to Microsoft Network's (MSN) Music Central. In a new book, "The Mansion on The Hill" (Times Books), Goodman chronicles how the record industry has changed rock 'n roll from the music of the counterculture to a billion dollar commercial enterprise. Goodman's past publications have appeared in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, New York, and Spy. 12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

Singer Margaret Whiting. Her father, Richard Whiting, wrote many of her most popular songs, including "Too Marvelous for Words," "My Ideal," "She's Funny That Way," and "On The Good Ship Lollipop." Jerome Kern, Johnny Mercer and other great songwriters of the day were like uncles to her. Ten years ago she wrote a memoir, "It Might As Well Be Spring." She's currently appearing in the new Broadway show which celebrates the music of Johnny Mercer, "Dream." (REBROADCAST from 1/22/88) 12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

Pulitzer-Prize winning writer GARRY WILLS. He analyzed the Gettysburg Address in the book, "Lincoln At Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America." He's written other books on Nixon, Reagan and Kennedy, as well as a critical profile of Ross Perot. His latest book is a look at the relationship between politics and popular culture via celebrity, "John Wayne's America: the Politics of Celebrity" (Simon & Schuster). WILLS also wrote a recent piece for The New York Times about President Clinton at midcourse. (Jan 19, 1997).12:28:30 FORWARD PROMO (:29)12:29:00 I.D. BREAK (:59)12:

For the first time, two black dancers will star in a major American production of Swan Lake. NPR's Elizabeth Blair peeks behind the curtain to see why it has been so hard for ballet to diversify.

Two Smithsonian institutions have given artist Darren Waterston their blessings as he reimagines James McNeill Whistler's lavish and legendary 19th-century artwork as an utter ruin.

Turkeys aren't native to India. But these days in Kolkata, you can buy a turkey for your Christmas dinner. But cooking a holiday turkey can still send you on a surreal adventure.

On Wednesday, it was announced that the 28-year-old fiction writer had won the Story Prize as well as the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Her debut story collection explores the landscape, people and history of the American West.