This list reflects the programming of WUNC Radio: All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, Weekend Edition Saturday and Sunday, Fresh Air, Monitor Radio Early Edition, The People's Pharmacy and Soundings. NPR(TM) BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 1/29 - 2/4/96 January 29, 1996: Laura Sydell reported on the death of Nobel Prize-winning poet Joseph Brodsky. January 29, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "First Lady, Public Wife: A Behind-the-Scenes History of the Evolving Role of the First Ladies in American Political Life" by James Rosebush, published by University Press of America. January 29, 1996: A review by Anne Williams: The new album by Boiled in Lead, a folk group, inspired a novel (available on CD-ROM): "Songs from the Gypsy." January 29, 1996: An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "The Bride of Texas" by Josef Skvorecky, published by Knopf: The tale of Czech émigré soldiers during the Civil War. January 30, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Balkan Odyssey" by Lord David Owen, published by Harcourt Brace. January 31, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Pharaohs and Kings: A Biblical Quest" by David Rohl, published by Crown. "Mount Dragon" by Douglas Preston, published by Forge Books. February 1, 1996: Bob Edwards spoke to the author: "Skygods: The Fall of Pan Am" by Robert Gandt, published by Morrow. February 3, 1996: Alex Chadwick talked with the author: "The Lone Ranger's Code of the West: An Action-Packed Adventure in Values and Ethics with the Legendary Champion of Justice" by Jim Lichtman, published by Scribbler's Ink Press. February 3, 1996: Alex Chadwick spoke with the author: "It Came from Memphis" by Robert Gordon, published by Faber and Faber: The book traces the story of Memphis music; there is a companion CD. February 3, 1996: Daniel Zwerdling spoke with the authors: "Mockery of Justice: The True Story of the Sheppard Murder Case" by Cynthia L. Cooper and Sam Reese Sheppard, published by Northeastern University Press. February 4, 1996: Liane Hansen talked with the journalist and commentator: "Showing My Color: Impolite Essays on Race and Identity" by Clarence Page, published by HarperCollins. February 4, 1996: Liane Hansen spoke with the authors: "Mt. Shasta: Where Heaven and Earth Meet" by Jane English and Jenny Coyle, published by Earth Heart Books. February 4, 1996: Daniel Zwerdling spoke with the author: "Going Negative: How Political Advertisements Shrink and Polarize the Electorate" by Stephen Ansolabehere, published by The Free Press/Simon and Schuster. February 4, 1996: Daniel Zwerdling chatted with the priest/baker: "The Secrets of Jesuit Breadmaking" by Rick Curry, published by HarperCollins. Books mentioned on Monitor Radio(R): January 30, 1996: "Going Negative" by Stephen Ansolabehere, published by The Free Press/Simon and Schuster.. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: January 30, 1996: REVIEW by Maureen Corrigan: "Incidents in the Rue Laugier" by Anita Brookner, published by Random House. January 31, 1996: "Time Present, Time Past" by Bill Bradley, published by Knopf. February 1, 1996: "Balkan Odyssey" by Lord David Owen, published by Harcourt Brace. February 2, 1996: "Anne Sexton: A Biography" by Diane Wood Middlebrook, published by Houghton Mifflin. "Searching for Mercy Street: My Journey Back to My Mother Anne Sexton" by Linda Gray Sexton, published by Little Brown. Book review listings 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) 1996 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.