Columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer STEVE LOPEZ

Columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer STEVE LOPEZ. He's just written his first novel, "Third and Indiana" (Viking) about life in Philadelphia's "Badlands." The origin of the story is 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. LOPEZ was last on Fresh Air when he talked about the hate mail he'd received for his columns about the Gulf War.