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 7/29 - 8/18 1996 July 29, 1996: Rachel Maurer of WUWM reported on the debut of the opera "Emmaline", composed by Tobias Picker. It was performed in Santa Fe and filmed to be shown on PBS. It is based on the novel by Judith Rosner, publisher unknown. July 29, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "The Current Crisis in American Politics" by Walter Dean Burnham, published by Oxford University Press. July 29, 1996: Linda Wertheimer spoke to the author: "The Deep End of the Ocean" by Jacquelyn Mitchard, published by Viking: The story of a woman whose son disappears. July 30, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Augustine and the Limits of Politics" by Jean Bethke Elshtain, published by the University of Notre Dame Press. July 31, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Rethinking America: A New Game Plan from the American Innovators: Schools, Business, People, Work" by Hedrick Smith, published by Random House. "America Needs a Raise" by John Sweeney, published by Houghton Mifflin. July 31, 1996: Linda Wertheimer and poet guide Catherine Bowman talked about the poet: "Words Under the Words: Selected Poems" by Naomi Shihab, published by Eighth Mountain Press. August 1, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Madrid 1937: Letters of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade from the Spanish Civil War" by Cary Nelson, published by Routledge. "The Coming of the Spanish Civil War" by Paul Preston, published by Routledge. August 2, 1996: A commentary by the author about her favorite type of reading -- books which suck her in and cause her to forget the real world: "Salt Dancers" and "Stones from the River" by Ursula Hegi, published by Simon and Schuster. August 3, 1996: Scott Simon talked with the former chef and classics scholar: "The Classical Cookbook" by Sally Grainger, available from the Getty Museum (1-800-223-3431). August 3, 1996: Author Frank O'Connor read from his short story "My Oedipus Complex". August 3, 1996: Daniel Pinkwater talked with Scott Simon about the first time he remembers reading a book as a child and they discuss the books below: "Millions of Cats" by Wanda Ga'g and "The Five Chinese Brothers" by Claire Huchet Bishop and Kurt Wiese, both published by Paperstar Books. August 3, 1996: Daniel Zwerdling spoke with the author: "The Last Don" by Mario Puzo, published by Random House. August 4, 1996: Liane Hansen talked with the astronaut: "Encounter with Tiber" by Buzz Aldrin and John Barnes, published by Warner Books. August 4, 1996: Liane Hansen spoke with the journalist: "The Making of a Revolution" by Tom McGrath, published by Running Press: A history of MTV. August 5, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Servant of the Bones" by Anne Rice, published by Knopf. August 5, 1996: Noah Adams talked with the author: "Caught Inside: A Surfer's Year on the California Coast" by Daniel Duane, published by North Point Press. August 6, 1996: Bob Edwards spoke with the ABC correspondent: "Backfire: A Reporter's Look at Affirmative Action" by Bob Zelnick, published by Regnery. August 6, 1996: Linda Wertheimer talked to the author: "Crows Over Wheatfield" by Paula Sharp, published by Hyperion: A novel dealing with child and spousal abuse featuring a strong female character. August 8, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Private Vouchers" edited by Terry Moe, published by Hoover Institution Press. "Politics, Markets, and America's Schools" by Terry Moe, published by Brookings Institution Press. "The Case Against School Vouchers" by Edd Doerr, Albert Menendez, and John Swomley, published by Prometheus Books. "Search and Destroy: African-American Males in the Criminal Justice System" by Jerome Miller, published by Cambridge University Press. August 9, 1996: Susan Stamberg visited the authors' farm: "Basil: An Herb Lover's Guide" by Thomas DeBaggio and Susan Belsinger, published by Interweave Press. August 10, 1996: Scott Simon spoke to the author: "Plastic: The Making of a Synthetic Century" by Stephen Fenichell, published by HarperCollins. August 10, 1996: Daniel Zwerdling spoke to the poet about poetry appreciation: "Earthly Measures" by Edward Hirsch, published by Knopf. (Hirsch read his poem "Summer Surprised Us" and "One Art" by Elizabeth Bishop). August 11, 1996: Daniel Schorr examined the book: "Richard Nixon: Off the Record" by Monica Crowley, published by Random House. August 11, 1996: Liane Hansen spoke to the mystery writer: "Lily White" by Susan Isaacs, published by HarperCollins. August 11, 1996: Daniel Zwerdling talked to the political consultant: "Bare Knuckles and Back Rooms: My Life in American Politics" by Ed Rollins and Tom DeFrank, published by Broadway Books. August 12, 1996: "1001 Things Everyone Should Know About the South" by John Shelton Reed and Dale Reed, published by Doubleday. August 12, 1996: A profile of the book on All Things Considered: "Catherwood" by Marly Youmans, published by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. August 13, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "House and Home: The political journey of a gay Republican Congressman and the man with whom he created a family" by Steve Gunderson, published by Dutton. "Searching for the Promised Land: An African American's Optimistic Odyssey" by Gary Franks, published by Regan Books. August 15, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Rush Limbaugh Is a Big Fat Idiot" by Al Franken, published by Delacorte Press. August 16, 1996: Noah Adams talked to the author: "Bob Dole" by Richard Ben Cramer, published by Vintage Books. August 17, 1996: Scott Simon spoke to Michael Frady about the classic American political novel: "All the King's Men" by Robert Penn Warren, published by HBJ. August 18, 1996: Liane Hansen chatted with the novelist: "Vanishing Point" by Morris West, published by HarperCollins: A psychological thriller by the author of "The Shoes of the Fisherman (St. Martin's Press). His memoirs will come out in the fall -- "View from a Ridge" (HarperSanFrancisco). August 18, 1996: Liane Hansen talked with the author: "Satisfied with Nothin'" by Ernest Hill, published by Simon and Schuster. August 18, 1996: Daniel Zwerdling spoke with the author: "First Ladies: the Saga of the Presidents' Wives and Their Power" by Carl Anthony, published by William Morrow and Company. Books mentioned on Monitor Radio (R): August 7, 1996: Steve Delaney interviewed author Katie Hafner about her internet history "Where Wizards Stay Up Late", co-author Matthew Lyon, published by Simon and Schuster. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: July 29, 1996: REVIEW by Rock Critic Ken Tucker: "Please Kill Me: The Uncensored History of Punk" by Legs McNeil and Gilian McCain, published by Grove Press and "Go Now" by Richard Hell, published by Scribner. July 30, 1996: "Getting Over Homer" by Mark O'Donnell, published by Knopf. He also wrote "Elementary Education" and "Vertigo Park: and Other Tall Tales". July 31, 1996: "Main Justice: The Men and Women Who Enforce the Nation's Criminal Laws and Guard Its Liberties" by Jim McGee, published by Simon and Schuster. August 1, 1996: "Dog Eat Dog" by Edward Bunker, published by St. Martin's Press: He also wrote "No Beast So Fierce". August 5, 1996: "Citizen Perot: His Life & Times" by Gerald Posner, published by Random House: He is also the author of "Case Closed". REVIEW by Maureen Corrigan: "Typhoid Mary" by Judith Walzer Leavitt, published by Beacon Press. August 6, 1996: "A Message from God in the Atomic Age" by Irene Vilar, published by Pantheon. "Why Things Bite Back" by Edward Tenner, published by Knopf. August 8, 1996: "Bare Knuckles and Back Rooms: My Life in American Politics" by Ed Rollins and Tom DeFrank, published by Broadway Books. August 9, 1996: "Rivethead: Tales from the Assembly Line" by Ben Hamper, published by Warner Books. "The Simple Truth" and "Bread of Time" by Phillip Levine, published by Knopf: The first won Levine a Pulitzer Prize for poetry and the second is his memoir. His 1992 collection "What Work Is" (David McKay) won the National Book Award. August 12, 1996: "Grizzly Years" by Doug Peacock, published by H.Holt: He also wrote "Baja" and "Walking It Off" and contributed to "Mark of the Bear: Legend and Lore of an American Icon", edited by Paul Schullery, published by Sierra Club Books. August 13, 1996: REVIEW by Maureen Corrigan: "The Angry Ones" by John A. Williams and "The Scene" by Clarence Cooper, Jr., both published by W.W. Norton as part of the "Old School Books" series. August 14, 1996: "Level 4: Virus Hunters of the CDC" by Joseph McCormick and Susan Fisher-Hoch, published by Turner Publishing, Inc. August 15, 1996: "Manhattan North Homicide: The True Story of One of New York's Best Homicide Cops" by Thomas McKenna and William Harrington, published by St. Martin's Press. August 16, 1996: "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to his White Mother" by James McBride, published by Riverhead. "The Devil's Tour" (New Directions), "Abacus" (Wesleyan University Press), and "The Liars' Club" (Viking) by Mary Karr: The first two are volumes of poetry and the third is a novel. Book review listings are available on the internet via anonymous ftp (sunsite.unc.edu /pub/academic/literature/book-reviews). This text is Copyright (c) 1996 by WUNC Radio (WUNCRADIO@UNC.EDU) and Erika Grams (compiler). All Rights Reserved. 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