This booklist reflects the programming of WUNC Radio: All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Weekend Edition Saturday and Sunday, Fresh Air, The People's Pharmacy and Soundings. NPR BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 7/14 - 7/20 1994 July 16, 1994: Daniel Zwerdling talked with the actress turned writer: "Singing Songs" by Meg Tilly, published by NAL/Dutton: A novel; no description available. July 17, 1994: Jacki Lyden spoke with the astronaut: "Moon Shot: The Inside Story of America's Race to the Moon" by Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton, published by Turner Publishing. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: July 14, 1994: "Black Fire: The Making of an American Revolutionary" by Nelson Peery, published by The New Press: Memoirs about a coming of age against the backdrop of racism, the depression and World War II. July 15, 1994: "Quest for Comets: An Explosive Trail of Beauty and Danger" (Plenum Press) and "Skywatching" (Nature Company) by David Levy. "Moon Shot" by Alan Shepard and Deke Slayton, published by Turner Publishing. July 18, 1994: "Losing Absalom" by Alexs Pate, published by Coffee House Press: A memoir and tribute to the author's father. "Searching For Bobby Fisher" (Viking/Penguin) and "Mortal Games" (Putnam) by Fred Waitzkin: The former is the author's story of how he and his son first encountered chess; the latter is a portrait of Garry Kasparov. July 19, 1994: "The Marks of Birth" (a novel published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux), "Pork Rind and Cuban Songs" and "Arching into the Afterlife" (both poetry collections; no publisher for the former; Bilingual Press publisher of "Arching") and "Exiled Memories: A Cuban Childhood" (a collection of personal essays published by University of Texas Press) all written by Pablo Medina. REVIEW by Maureen Corrigan: "The Bird Artist" by Howard Norman, published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. July 20, 1994: "Conversing With the Planets" by Anthony Aveni, published by Kodansha International: How science and myth invented the cosmos in various human cultures. Book discussed on the People's Pharmacy, July 17, 1994: "The Mediterranean Diet Cookbook" by Nancy Harmon Jenkins, published by Bantam. Book reviewed by WUNC commentator John Rosenthal on July 15, 1994: "A Whole New Life" by Reynolds Price, published by Athenaeum: The author's story of his bout with spinal cancer. This text is Copyright (c) 1994 by WUNC Radio (WUNCRADIO@UNC.EDU) and Erika Grams (compiler). All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted by the copyright holder to distribute this file electronically or otherwise in full as long as attribution is made.