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 6/16 - 6/22/1997 June 16, 1997: Morning Edition -- David Wright (KQED) reported on how Salinas, CA is trying to cash in on its most famous son, John Steinbeck, following the example of Monterey. June 16, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Top of the Class" (1996) by Arlene Bronzaft, published by Ablex Publishers. "Liberal Racism" by Jim Sleeper, published by Viking. "Race, Gender, and Power in America: the legacy of the Hill-Thomas hearings" (1995) by Emma Coleman Jordan and Anita Hill, published by Oxford University Press. June 16, 1997: All Things Considered -- Alan Cheuse offered some summer reading mystery selections: "The Rose of Tibet" (1962, 1996) by Lionel Davidson, published by St. Martin's Press. "If I Should Die" by Grace F. Edwards, published by Doubleday. "The Death and Life of Bobby Z" by Don Winslow, published by Knopf. "Pest Control" by Bill Fitzhugh, published by Avon Books. "A Firing Offense" by David Ignatius, published by Random House. June 16, 1997: All Things Considered -- Linda Wertheimer spoke with the actress: "Some of Me" by Isabella Rossellini, published by Random House. June 16, 1997: All Things Considered -- Linda Wertheimer spoke to the author: "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy, published by Random House. June 17, 1997: Morning Edition -- Bob Edwards spoke to the comedian: "Braindroppings" by George Carlin, published by Hyperion. June 17, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Blind Ambition: The White House Years" (1976) by John Dean, published by Simon and Schuster. "Marathon: Pursuit of the Presidency, 1972-1976" (1977) by Jules Whitcover, published by Viking Press. "Chicago Wilderness" (forthcoming) by Debra Shore. June 17, 1997: All Things Considered -- Ray Suarez spoke to the author: "The Ukelele: A Visual History" by Jim Beloff, published by Miller Freeman Books. June 17, 1997: All Things Considered -- Ray Suarez spoke with the journalist: "Rebel Hearts: A Journey into the IRA's Soul" by Kevin Toolis, published by St. Martin's Press. June 18, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "One Hell of a Gamble: Krushchev, Castro, & Kennedy 1958-1964" by Timothy Naftali and Alexandr Fursenko, published by Norton. June 18, 1997: All Things Considered -- Linda Wertheimer spoke to poetry guide Catherine Bowman about the poet: "The Great Fires" (1994) by Jack Gilbert, published by Knopf. June 19, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Regulating the Poor" (1972, 1993) by Frances Fox Piven and , published by Random House. "Renewing American Compassion" (1996) by Marvin Olasky, published by Regnery Press. "Tragedy of American Compassion' (1992) by Marvin Olasky. published by Free Press. June 19, 1997: All Things Considered -- An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "Terminal Velocity" by Blanche McCrary Boyd, published by Knopf. June 20, 1997: All Things Considered -- The roving correspondent talked about his book of essays: "Waking Up Screaming From the American Dream" by Bob Garfield, published by Scribner. June 21, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Neal Conan spoke to the professor: "I, Elvis: Confessions of a Counterfeit King" by William McCranor Henderson, published by Boulevard. June 21, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Historian Stephen Ambrose read from the diaries of Lewis and Clark about the sandstone sculpture "The Eye of the Needle". June 21, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Neal Conan talked to the filmmaker: "Who the Devil Made It" by Peter Bogdanovich, published by Knopf. June 22, 1997: Weekend Edition -- David Molpus spoke to the author: "The Dinosaur Club" by William Heffernan, published by William Morrow and Company: A novel about corporate downsizing. June 22, 1997: Weekend All Things Considered -- Daniel Zwerdling spoke with the author: "Money: Who Has How Much and Why" by Andrew Hacker, published by Scribner. June 22, 1997: Weekend All Things Considered -- Daniel Zwerdling talked to the author: "The Trials of Maria Barbella: the true story of a 19th century crime of passion" (1996) by Idanna Pucchi, published by Vintage Books. Books mentioned on Monitor Radio (R): June 17, 1997: "Watergate in American Memory: How We Remember, Forget and Reconstruct the Past" (1992) by Michael Schudson, published by Basic Books. June 18, 1997: "Cultural Literacy: what every American needs to know" (1987) by E.D. Hirsch, published by Houghton Mifflin: A school (Academy Charter School near Denver) has designed its curriculum around the book. June 19, 1997: "Volunteer Vacations: Short Term Adventures That Will Benefit You and Others", sixth edition, by Bill McMillon, published by Chicago Review Press. "Cave Passages" (1996) by Michael Ray Taylor, published by Scribner. June 20, 1997: "Trail Fever: spin doctors, rented strangers, thumb wrestlers, toe suckers, grizzly bears, and other creatures on the road to the White House" by Michael Lewis, published by Knopf. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: June 16, 1997: "The Sunday Macaroni Club" by Steve Lopez, published by Harcourt, Brace and Company. June 17, 1997: "Doo-dah!: Stephen Foster and the Rise of American Popular Culture" by Ken Emerson, published by Simon and Schuster. June 18, 1997: "The Book of Jewish Food: An Odyssey From Samarkand to New York with More than 800 Ashkenazi and Sephardi Recipies" by Claudia Roden, published by Knopf: She also wrote "Mediterranean Cookery". June 20, 1997: "Lolita" by Vladimir Nabokov, published by Random House. Book mentioned on The People's Pharmacy, June 21, 1997: "How We Die -- The Wisdom of the Body" (1995) by Sherwin Nuland, published by Vintage Books. 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.