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(TM) BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 11/24 - 11/30 1994 November 26, 1994: Daniel Zwerdling spoke with the author: "Gifts of the Body" by Rebecca Brown, published by HarperCollins: A novel by the former caregiver. November 27, 1994: Korva Coleman talked with the author: "The President Has Been Shot: Confusion, Disability and the 25th Amendment" by Herbert Abrams, published by Stanford University Press. November 27, 1994: Essayist Patricia Raybon reflects on the controversial new book: "The Bell Curve" by Charles Murray and Richard Hernstein, published by Free Press: A look at the possibility that intelligence is hereditary. November 27, 1994: Daniel Zwerdling talked to the author: "The African-American Kitchen: Cooking From Our Heritage" by Angela Mederis, published by Dutton. November 28, 1994: A review by Susan Stamberg: "Afterlife and Other Stories" by John Updike, published by Knopf: A collection of short stories which deals with aging and loss. November 28, 1994: An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "Nightswimmer" by Joseph Olshan, published by Simon & Schuster. November 30, 1994: Noah Adams spoke with the biographer: "Bamboula" by Frederick Starr, published by Oxford University Press: A biography of the 19th century pianist and composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: November 25, 1994: "Now" by Lauren Bacall, published by Knopf: The actress' autobiography. November 28, 1994: "Making Malcolm: The Myth and Meaning of Malcolm X" by Michael Eric Dyson, published by Oxford University Press. He also wrote "Reflecting Black" and is a professor at UNC-CH. "City on a Hill: Testing the American Dream at City College" by James Traub, published by Addison-Wesley. November 29, 1994: "The Wild Party: The Lost Classic by Joseph Moncure March" by Art Spiegelman, published by Pantheon. He also wrote "Maus" and "Maus II" (both published by Pantheon), comic-books about the Holocaust. November 30, 1994: "Hieronymous White: A Bird Who Believed That He Was Always Right" by Jim Moss, published by Ballantine: The newest children's book by one of Sesame Street's creators. He also read from "The Butterfly Jar" published by Bantam. "For Keeps: Thirty Years at the Movies" by Pauline Kael, published by Dutton: A collection of her movie reviews. Book review by WUNC Commentator John Rosenthal: "The Language They Speak is Things to Eat" edited by Michael McFee, published by UNC Press: A collection of poetry by 15 contemporary N.C. poets. Books mentioned on Soundings, November 13, 1994: "On Fire" by Larry Brown, published by Algonquin. "Catching the Light: The Entwined History of Light and Mind" by Arthur Zajonc, no publisher available. Book reviews are available on the internet via anonymous ftp (sunsite.unc.edu /pub/academic/literature/book-reviews) and by gopher to sunsite.unc.edu under the NEWS! option. 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. Erika Grams 91.5 WUNC Booklist / Album List Compiler *** This .sig made out of recycled quotes and electrons ***