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 11/11 - 11/17 1996 November 11, 1996: Morning Edition -- Iris Mann reported on the novella's adaptation into a film: "The Grass Harp" by Truman Capote, published by Vintage. November 11, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "My Adventures with Homer, Rousseau, Woolf, and Other Indestructible Writers of the Western World" by David Denby, published by Simon & Schuster. "Guilty: The Collapse of Criminal Justice" (1995) by Harold Rothwax, published by Random House. November 11, 1996: All Things Considered -- An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "Tinisima" by Elena Poniatowska, published by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. November 12, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Great American Wreaths: the best of Martha Stewart Living" by Martha Stewart, published by Clarkson Potter. November 13, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "The Price of a Dream: The Story of the Grameen Bank and the Idea That Is Helping the Poor to Change Their Lives" by David Bornstein, published by Simon & Schuster. November 14, 1996: Morning Edition -- Harriet Baskas reported on one of the author's fans who wants to set up a library as described the book: "The Abortion: An Historical Romance, 1966" (1971) by Richard Brautigan, out of print. November 14, 1996: Talk of the Nation: "Troublemaker: One Man's Crusade Against China's Cruelty" by Harry Wu, published by Times Books. November 16, 1996: Weekend Edition -- Scott Simon spoke to the co-author: "Presidential Lies: The Illustrated History of White House Golf" by Peter Landau and Shepherd Campbell, published by Macmillan. November 16, 1996: Weekend All Things Considered -- Daniel Zwerdling talked with the author: "The Lost Art of Healing" by Dr. Bernard Lown, published by Houghton Mifflin. November 17, 1996: Weekend Edition -- Liane Hansen talked to the UNC professor: "Race Rules: Navigating the Color Line" by Michael Eric Dyson, published by Addison Wesley. November 17, 1996: Weekend Edition -- Liane Hansen spoke with the journalist: "His Holiness: John Paul the Second and the Hidden History of Our Time" by Carl Bernstein, published by Doubleday. November 17, 1996: Weekend Edition -- Liane Hansen talked with the photographer: "Where Music Comes From" by Nubar Alexanian, published by Dewi Lewis Publishing. Books mentioned on Monitor Radio (R): November 15, 1996: A review of the film based on the novel "The English Patient" (1992) by Michael Ondaatje, published by Vintage. November 15, 1996: "Idoru" by William Gibson, published by Putnam: A review by Jim Bencivenga. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: November 11, 1996: "My Other Life" by Paul Theroux, published by Houghton Mifflin: A work of fiction by thge man who also wrote "Riding the Iron Rooster" and "Waldo" along with many other travel books. November 12, 1996: "Tracks" (Vintage) and "Desert Places" (Viking) by Robyn Davidson: The author's adventures across Australia and the Indian desert respectively. November 13, 1996: "Health Against Wealth: HMOs and the Breakdown of Medical Trust" by George Anders, published by Houghton Mifflin. "Unselected Poems" (forthcoming), "The Simple Truth" (Knopf), "What Work Is" (Knopf, 1992) by Philip Levine. November 14, 1996: Interview with journalist Philip Gourevitch who is working on a book about Rwanda and the aftermath of the 1994 civil war. November 15, 1996: "The English Patient" (1992) by Michael Ondaatje, published by Vintage Books: He also wrote the memoir "Running in the Family" (Vintage). An interview with filmmaker Philip Haas who has made films out of the novella "Morpho Eugenia" by A.S. Byatt and "The Music of Chance" by Paul Auster. Books mentioned on Soundings, November 17, 1996: "Last Days of the Dog-Men" by Brad Watson, published by Norton. "The Fennel Family Papers" by William Baldwin, published by Algonquin Books. Books reviewed by WUNC Children's Book Commentator Susie Wilde, November 11, 1996: "Sam and the Tigers" by Julius Lester, illustrated by Jerry Pinkney, published by Dial. "The Story of Little Babaji" by Helen Bannerman, illustrated by Fred Marcellino, published by HarperCollins. 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. Permission is granted by the copyright holder to distribute this file electronically or otherwise in full as long as attribution is made.