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 4/14 - 4/27/1997 April 14, 1997: Morning Edition -- Remembering the author: "A Yellow Raft in Blue Water" (Holt, 1987) and "Cloud Chamber" (Scribner) by Michael Dorris: The late writer often wrote about the lives of Native Americans. April 15, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Independent Justice: The Federal Special Prosecutor in American Politics" (1992) by Katy Harriger, published by University of Kansas Press. April 15, 1997: All Things Considered -- Ray Suarez spoke to poet guide Catherine Bowman about the poet: "Hinge and Sign" by Heather McHugh, published by Wesleyan University Press/University Press of New England. April 16, 1997: Morning Edition -- A piece about how the Academy of American Poets has been distributing copies of T.S. Eliot's "The Wasteland" at post offices on April 15: "April is the cruelest month." April 16, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "The FBI: Inside the World's Most Powerful Law Enforcement Agency" (1993) by Ron Kessler, published by Simon & Schuster. April 18, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Grand Canyon: A Century of Change" by Robert Webb, published by University of Arizona Press. April 18, 1997: All Things Considered -- Robert Siegel talked to the former Secretary of Labor: "Locked in the Cabinet" by Robert Reich, published by Knopf. April 19, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Dan Schorr spoke with the author: "The FBI: Inside the World's Most Powerful Law Enforcement Agency" (1993) by Ron Kessler, published by Simon & Schuster. April 19, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Scott Simon talked to the author/photographer: "Jews, Germany, Memory" by Ed Serotta, published by Carol Publishing Group/Birch Lane Press. April 19, 1997: Weekend All Things Considered -- Daniel Zwerdling spoke to the author: "A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder" by Michael Pollan, published by Random House. April 20, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Karen Michel reported on the collection: "Because God Loves Stories" by Steve Zeitlin, published by Touchstone: A collection of Jewish stories compiled by the folklorist. April 20, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Liane Hansen talked with the author: "How Was Your Day, Baby?" by Melanie Goldish, published by Tracer Publishing: A journal which aids parents in keeping up with their child's development. April 20, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Liane Hansen spoke with the writer/musician: "The Sound of a Trumpet" by Bill Moody, published by Walker and Company: A mystery novel. April 21, 1997: Morning Edition -- Margot Adler reported on the book: "Inventing Kindergarten" by Norman Brosterman, published by H.N. Abrams: The legacy of Friedrich Froebel. April 21, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Cash for College: The Ultimate Guide for College Scholarships" (1993) by Cynthia Ruiz-McKee, published by Hearst Books. April 22, 1997: Morning Edition -- Bob Edwards spoke to the basketball coach: "The Smart Take from the Strong" by Pete Carrill, published by Simon & Schuster. April 22, 1997: All Things Considered -- Katherine Kersten discussed the book: "Facts Not Fear: A Parent's Guide to Teaching Children About the Environment" by Michael Sanera, published by Regnery. April 23, 1997: Morning Edition -- Bob Edwards talked to the author: "The Wealthy 100: From Benjamin Franklin to Bill Gates -- A Ranking of the Richest Americans" by Robert Gunther and Michael Klepper, published by Citadel Press Book. April 23, 1997: All Things Considered -- Ray Suarez spoke with the novelist: "The Gospel According to the Sun" by Norman Mailer, published by Random House. April 24, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Selected Poems" by Carl Sandburg, published by Harcourt Brace. "Carl Sandburg: A Biography" (1991) by Penelope Niven, published by Scribner. April 24, 1997: All Things Considered -- Linda Wertheimer visited the club and spoke with the author: "The Mother-Daughter Book Club: How Ten Busy Mothers and Daughters Came Together to Talk, Laugh, and Learn Through Their Love of Reading" by Shireen Dodson, published by HarperPerennial. April 25, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Rethinking Science as a Career: Perceptions and Realities in the Physical Sciences" by Darryl Chubin and Sheila Tobias, published by Research Corporation. April 25, 1997: All Things Considered -- Ken Tucker reviewed on the TV mini-series based on the book: "The Shining" by Stephen King, published by Penguin. April 26, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Scott Simon and Daniel Pinkwater discussed the collection: "Poems by Young People" by Sanford Lynn, illustrated by Virginia Halstead, published by Simon & Schuster. April 26, 1997: Weekend All Things Considered -- Daniel Zwerdling spoke with the co-author: "Spirits of the Passage: The Transatlantic slave trade in the seventeenth century" by Madeleine Burnside and Rosemarie Robotham, published by Simon & Schuster. April 27, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Dean Olsher talked to the author: "Song of Survival: Women interned" (1995) by Helene Colijn, published by White Cloud Press: A survivor of a Japanese POW camp in Sumatra who wrote about her experiences. April 27, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Poetry commentator Douglas Brinkley profiled the poet Archibald MacLeish. Books mentioned on Monitor Radio (R): April 15, 1997: "Down with the Old Canoe: A cultural history of the Titanic disaster" by Stephen Biel, published by W.W. Norton. April 23, 1997: "Dragons of God: A journey through far-right America" (1996) by Vincent Coppola, published by Longstreet Press: Life inside militia movements. April 24, 1997: "The 20-Minute Gardener: New hope for the horticulturally challenged" by Tom Christopher and Marty Asher, published by Random House. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: April 14, 1997: "Same-Sex Marriage: Pro and Con" (Vintage) and "Virtually Normal: An Argument about Homosexuality" (1995, Knopf) by Andrew Sullivan. "Love Medicine" (1993 rev. ed., HarperPerrenial), "The Crown of Columbus" (HarperCollins, 1991), "Cloud Chamber" (Scribner), and "A Yellow Raft in Blue Water" (Holt, 1987) by Michael Dorris; some books co-written with Louise Erdrich. April 15, 1997: "Crooked Little Heart" (Pantheon), "Rosie" (1983, North Point Press), and "Hard Laughter" (1980, Viking) by Anne Lamott. April 16, 1997: "Music Minus One" by Jane Shore, published by Picador. April 17, 1997: "Locked in the Cabinet" by Robert Reich, published by Knopf. April 21, 1997: REVIEW by Maureen Corrigan: "The Figured Wheel" by Robert Pinsky, published by Noonday; "View with a Grain of Sand" by Wislawa Szymborska, published by Harcourt Brace; "Meadowlands" by Louise Gluck, published by Ecoo; "Does Your House Have Lions" by Sonia Sanchez, published by Farrar, Straus, and Giroux. "The Odyssey" by Homer, translated by Robert Fagles, published by Viking. April 22, 1997: "America's Tyrant: The CIA and Mobutu of Zaire" by Sean Kelly, published by The American University Press. "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad, published by Penguin. "Good Night, Gracie" (1992) by Lloyd Schwartz, published by University of Chicago Press. April 24, 1997: "The Run of His Life: The People vs. O.J. Simpson" (1996) by Jeffrey Toobin, published by Simon & Schuster. "The Year 2000 Software Crisis" by William Ulrich, published by Yourdon Press. April 25, 1997: "Mark of the Bear: Legend and Lore of an American Icon" edited by Paul Schullery, published by Sierra Club Books. "Grizzly Years: In Search of the American Wilderness" (1996) by Doug Peacock, published by H. Holt: Peacock also wrote "Walking It Off" and "Baja". Books Reviewed by WUNC Children's Book Commentator Susie Wilde, April 18, 1997: "The Hunter and the Crocodile" by Wague Diakite, published by Scholastic. "The Monkey Bridge" by Rafe Martin, published by Knopf. Books Mentioned on The People's Pharmacy, April 26, 1997: "And the Waters Turned to Blood: The Ultimate Biological Threat" by Rodney Barker, published by Simon and Schuster: Flesh-eating microbes in a river. 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. 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