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Tatum for Two On Sunday, October 24, from 10 pm to 11 pm on Lifetime, Dean of the College Beverly Daniel Tatum will be part of a panel of celebrity and community experts discussing race relations with a studio audience. The session, "'I'm not a racist, but...' Small Steps Towards Healing the Hate" will focus on issues raised by a preceding (at 8 pm) special two-hour episode of the Lifetime series Any Day Now. The series explores the relationship between two childhood friends, one white and one black, who grew up in Alabama at the height of the civil rights movement. The two women stuck together, despite social pressures against their interracial friendship, and the series follows them later in life, as each of them struggles with the challenges of her chosen path. Sunday's episode, "It's Not About the Butter," is anticipated by Lifetime to be "powerful" and "provoking," paving the way for "real questions and answers about how far we've come and how far we still have to go to fight prejudice." Following the show, Cokie Roberts of ABC news and Deborah Roberts of 20/20 will host the one-hour discussion involving an audience and a panel of experts. Any Day Now stars and writers will also be a part of the discussion. To participate online, go to www.lifetimetv.com/onair/shows/anyday/episodes/special.html and log in your views on racism. Your feedback may be used on air.

Tatum also spoke live October 11 on National Public Radio's Talk of the Nation. The show focused on the topic "Today's Youth and Their Changing Attitudes on Race." Tatum was part of a panel with Michael Meyers, executive director of the New York Civil Rights Coalition.

Emily Dickinson in the News On October 14, the New York Times's "Critic's Notebook" featured a piece on Emily Dickinson and made mention of the Emily Dickinson Society's international conference held at Mount Holyoke this summer.