This list reflects the programming of WUNC Radio: All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Early Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, Weekend Edition Saturday and Sunday, Fresh Air, Best of Fresh Air, This American Life, The Linda Belans Show, and The People's Pharmacy. NPR(TM) BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 9/8 - 9/14/1997 September 8, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Homicide: A Year on the Killing Streets" (1991) by David Simon, published by Houghton Mifflin. "The Corner: A Year in the Life of an Inner-City Neighborhood" by David Simon and Ed Burns, published by Broadway Books. September 8, 1997: All Things Considered -- A Review by Charles de Ledesma: "Disco Biscuits" edited by Sarah Champion, published by Sceptre Publishing: A history of house music in the U.S. and London. September 9, 1997: Early Morning Edition -- Melinda Penkava talked to the author: "Bug Tales" edited by Paul Klebon, to be published -- for more information, visit the web site -- www.bugtales.com. September 9, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "Wizards of Media Oz: Behind the Curtain of Mainstream Media" by Norman Solomon and Jeff Cohen, published by Common Courage Press. "False Hope: The Politics of Illusion in the Clinton Era" (1994) by Norman Solomon, published by Common Courage Press. September 9, 1997: All Things Considered -- Liane Hansen spoke with the writer: "Common Purpose: Strengthening Families and Neighborhoods to Rebuild America" by Lisabeth Schorr, published by Doubleday. September 9, 1997: All Things Considered -- An obituary for the author: "It Was Twenty Years Ago Today" (1987) by Derek Taylor, published by Simon & Schuster. September 11, 1997: Talk of the Nation: "My American Century" by Studs Terkel, published by the New Press. "Don't Know much About History" (1991) by Kenneth C. Davis, published by Avon. "Don't Know Much About the Civil War: Everything You Needed to Know About America's Greatest Conflict but Never Learned" by Kenneth C. Davis, published by Avon. September 12, 1997: All Things Considered -- An Alan Cheuse Book Review: "Slant" by Greg Bear, published by Tor Books. September 13, 1997: Weekend Edition -- Scott Simon spoke to the mathematician: "Goodbye, Descartes: The End of Logic and the Search for a New Cosmology of the Mind" by Keith Devlin, published by John Wiley & Sons, Inc. September 13, 1997: Weekend All Things Considered -- Daniel Zwerdling talked to the author: "Doo-Dah!: Stephen Foster and the Rise of the American Popular Culture" by Ken Emerson, published by Simon & Schuster. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: September 8, 1997: "Should you Leave?: A Psychiatrist Explores Intimacy and Autonomy - and the Nature of Advice" by Peter Kramer, published by Scribner. "All Over But the Shoutin'" by Rick Bragg, published by Pantheon Books. September 9, 1997: "The Farewell Symphony" by Edmund White, published by Knopf: His other books include "A Boys Own Story", "The Beautiful Room Is Empty", "Genet: A Biography", "Forgetting Elena", "Nocturnes for the King of Naples", "States of Desire: Travels in Gay America", "The Joy of Gay Sex", and "Caracole". September 10, 1997: "Walk This Way" by Aerosmith, published by Avon. September 11, 1997: "Wasted: the Plight of Americas Unwanted Children" (Ivan R. Dee, Inc.) and "Our Kindly Parent the State: the juvenile justice system and how it works" (1974, Viking) by Patrick Murphy. September 12, 1997: "Alice Munro: Selected Stories" by Alice Munro, published by Vintage. Best of Fresh Air, September 12-14, 1997: "Should you Leave?: A Psychiatrist Explores Intimacy and Autonomy - and the Nature of Advice" by Peter Kramer, published by Scribner. "The Farewell Symphony" by Edmund White, published by Knopf: His other books include "A Boys Own Story", "The Beautiful Room Is Empty", "Genet: A Biography", "Forgetting Elena", "Nocturnes for the King of Naples", "States of Desire: Travels in Gay America", "The Joy of Gay Sex", and "Caracole". COMING UP ON NPR's PERFORMANCE TODAY SEPTEMBER 8--SEPTEMBER 12, 1997 Thursday, SEPTEMBER 11 Hour 1-- Martin talks with author Anthony Tommasini about "Virgil Thomson: Composer on the Aisle," his new, critically acclaimed biography of the American composer and music critic. (Norton) 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.