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, and The People's Pharmacy. NPR(TM) BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 5/26 - 6/1/1997 May 26, 1997: Morning Edition -- Bob Edwards spoke with the author: "Texas Granite: The Story of a World War II Hero" by Mary Hartman, published by Hendrick-Long Publishing Co. May 26, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "The Perfect Storm" by Sebastian Junger, published by Norton Books. "Lonely Planet" (travel books on Mexico, New England, Guatemala, Belize and the Yucatan) by Tom Brosnaham, published by Lonely Planet. May 27, 1997: Morning Edition -- David Molpus profiled the professor: "The Cliff Walk: A Memoir of a Lost Job and a Found Life" by Don Snyder, published by Little, Brown, and Co. May 27, 1997: All Things Considered -- Linda Wertheimer spoke to the author: "Crazy Rhythm: My Journey from Brooklyn, Jazz, and Wall Street to Nixon's White House, Watergate, and Beyond" by Leonard Garment, published by Random House. May 27, 1997: All Things Considered -- Kevin Kling read an excerpt from an "The Education of Walter Kaufman". No other information available. May 28, 1997: All Things Considered -- Ray Suarez talked to the author: "The Run of His Life" by Jeffrey Toobin, published by Random House. May 28, 1997: All Things Considered -- Ray Suarez spoke to the former Secretary-General: "Egypt's Road to Jerusalem" by Boutros Boutros-Ghali, published by Random House. May 29, 1997: All Things Considered -- An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "Girls" by Frederick Busch, published by Harmony: A novel about a man trying to deal with the death of his infant daughter. May 30, 1997: Morning Edition -- Simon O'Meara reported on a controversy about the book's translation into Polish: "Man of the Century: Pope John Paul II" by Jonathan Kwitny, published by Henry Holt (I assume this 1997 tome is the book, but the author, title, and publisher were not mentioned in the story). May 30, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Mountain Sickness: Prevention, Recognition, and Treatment" by Peter Hackett, published by American Alpine Club. May 30, 1997: All Things Considered -- Linda Wertheimer spoke to the author: "Promiscuities: the Secret Struggle for Womanhood" by Naomi Wolf, published by Random House. June 1, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Liane Hansen talked to the author: "The Highwaymen: Warriors of the Information Superhighway" by Ken Auletta, published by Random House. June 1, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Liane Hansen spoke with the writer: "Asylum" by Patrick McGrath, published by Random House. Books mentioned on Monitor Radio (R): May 26, 1997: "USA Cookbook" by Sheila Lukins, published by Workman Pub. "Back to the Front: an accidental historian walks the trenches of World War I" by Stephen O'Shea, published by Walker and Co. May 28, 1997: "Glued to the Set: the 60 television shows and events that made us who we are today" by David Brown, published by Free Press. May 29, 1997: "The Perfect Storm: A True Tale of Men Against the Sea" by Sebastian Junger, published by Norton Books. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: May 27 1997: "A Kind and Just Parent" by William Ayers, published by Beacon Press: His other books include "City Kids, City Teachers", "To Become a Teacher", "To Teach", and "The Good Preschool Teacher". May 28, 1997: "Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago" by Lealan Jones and Lloyd Newman, published by Scribner. May 29, 1997: "The Smell of Apples" by Mark Behr, published by Picador USA: The story of a boy growing up in South Africa who is convinced to spy on his peers. May 30, 1997: "The Gospel According to the Son" by Norman Mailer, published by Random House: He also wrote "Harlot's Ghost". "Snow in August" by Pete Hamill, published by Little, Brown, & Co: He also wrote "Flesh and Blood", "Loving Women", and "A Drinking Life: A Memoir". COMING UP ON NPR's PERFORMANCE TODAY MAY 26--30, 1997 Thursday, MAY 29 Hour 1-- "Composers on Music: Eight Centuries of Writings": Martin talks with Josiah Fisk, editor of this new book, which revises and expands a classic 1956 anthology of writings by composers about their own--and others'--music. Friday, MAY 30 Hour 1-- A Whitman sampler: Thomas Moore, best-selling author of "The Care of the Soul," reviews baritone Thomas Hampson's new CD "To the Soul," a compilation of songs by various composers set to verse by the great American poet Walt Whitman (born May 31, 1819). (EMI Classics 55028 2) COMING UP ON NPR's WEEKEND PT--MAY 31 AND JUNE 1 Saturday, MAY 31 Hour 2-- "Who Killed Classical Music?" is the title of a new book by Norman Lebrecht, a witty and caustic critic of the classical music establishment. He joins Martin and Leonard Slatkin, music director of the National Symphony Orchestra, for a discussion of his allegations that the classical music industry has "sold its soul" and now depends on forces beyond its artistic control for survival. 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.