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 Linda Belans Show, The People's Pharmacy and Soundings. NPR(TM) BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 3/10 - 3/16/1997 March 10, 1997: All Things Considered -- An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "As She Climbed Across the Table" by Jonathan Letham, published by Doubleday: A sci-fi love story. March 11, 1997: Morning Edition -- Commentator Richard Moran discussed the book: "Crime and the American Dream" (2nd edition) by Stephen Messner and Richard Rosenfeld, published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. March 11, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "The Media Monopoly" (5th edition) by Ben Bagdikian, published by Beacon Press. March 12, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Dictionary of Global Culture" by Kwame Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, published by Knopf. "The Garden Primer" (1988) by Barbara Damroach, published by Workman Publishers. "The Book of Outdoor Gardening" edited by Linda Joan Smith, published by Workman Publishers. March 12, 1997: All Things Considered -- An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "3001: The Final Odyssey" by Arthur C. Clarke, published by DelRey Books. March 13, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Resurrection: The Struggle for a New Russia" by David Remnick, published by Random House. March 15, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Tom Vitale reported on the new translation: "The Odyssey" by Homer, translated by Robert Fagles, published by Viking. March 15, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Scott Simon spoke with the author: "The Necessary Hunger" by Nina Revoyr, published by Simon & Schuster: A novel about high school women's basketball. March 16, 1997: Weekend All Things Considered -- Daniel Zwerdling spoke with the exiled Nigeruan writer and Nobel Prize Winner Wole Soyinka. March 16, 1997: Weekend All Things Considered -- Daniel Zwerdling talked to the professor: "The Soul of the Mbira" (1978) by Paul Berliner, published by University of Chicago Press: An African instrument made from flattened nails and carved wood. Books mentioned on Monitor Radio (R): March 10, 1997: "Dictionary of Global Culture" by Kwane Anthony Appiah and Henry Louis Gates, published by Knopf. March 10, 1997: A review by Judith Bolton-Fassman: "" by Toni Cade Bambara, published by . March 12, 1997: "The Language of Names: What We Call Ourselves and Why It Matters" by Justin Kaplan and Anne Bernays, published by Simon & Schuster. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: March 11, 1997: "Dr. Susan Love's Hormone Book" by Susan Love and Karen Lindsey, published by Random House: Questions and answers about menopause. March 12, 1997: "Naked" by David Sedaris, published by Little, Brown and Co. He also wrote "Barrel Fever". March 13, 1997: "The Hundred Thousand Fools of God: Musical Travels in Central Asia" by Theodore Levin, published by Indiana University Press. REVIEW by Maureen Corrigan: "Arkansas" by David Leavitt, published by Houghton Mifflin. Books mentioned on Soundings: March 9, 1997: "Green Imperialism" (1995) by Richard Grove, published by Cambridge University Press. March 16, 1997: "Carolina Moon" by Jill McCorkle, published by Algonquin Books. "Catherwood" by Marly Youmans, published by Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. COMING UP ON NPR's PERFORMANCE TODAY - MARCH 10 -MARCH 17, 1997 Wednesday, MARCH 12 Hour 1-- Martin speaks with writer Kim Chernin about the release of her new book which delves into the life and career of Italian mezzo-soprano Cecilia Bartoli. Hour 2-- Author Madeline Bruser visits the PT studios to speak with Martin and illustrate some of the techniques in her new book, "The Art of Practicing." Book review listings are available on the internet (http://sunsite.unc.edu/wunc) or via anonymous ftp (sunsite.unc.edu /pub/academic/literature/book-reviews). This text is Copyright (c) 1997 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.