This list reflects the programming of WUNC Radio: All Things Considered, Morning Edition, Talk of the Nation, Weekend Edition Saturday and Sunday, Fresh Air, Fresh Air Weekend, This American Life. NPR(TM) BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 10/12 - 10/18/1998 October 12, 1998: All Thing Considered: Robert Siegel spoke with the author. "The Mystic Chords of Memory: The Transformation of Tradition in American Culture," (Knopf 1991) by Michael Kammen. October 12, 1998: All Thing Considered: An Alan Cheuse Review: "Evening," by Susan Minot, published by Knopf. October 13, 1998: Morning Edition: Matt Miller talked about Japan's financial problems. "Restoring Japan's Economic Growth," by Adam Posen, published by The Institute for International Economics. October 13, 1998: Talk of The Nation: "Unauthorized Freud: Doubters Confront A Legend," by Frederick Crews, published by Viking. Crews is also the author of "The Memory Wars: Freud's Legacy in Dispute," (New York Review of Books 1993). "Open Minded: Working on the Logic of the Soul," by Jonathon Lear, published by Harvard University Press. Lear, the John U. Nef Distinguished Service Professor and member of the Committee on Social Thought at the University of Chicago, is also the author of "Love and Its Place in Nature: A Philosophical Interpretation of Freudian Analysis," (Yale University Press 1991). "Notable America Women: A Biographical Dictionary: Vol. 5," edited by Susan Ware. Ware has also edited "Forgotten Heroes: Inspiring American Portraits From Our Leading Historians," published by Free Press. October 13, 1998: All Thing Considered: The author read from her new book. "Almost A Woman," by Esmeralda Santiago, published by Persues Books. October 14, 1998: Talk of The Nation: "Angry Parents, Failing Schools," by Elaine McEwan, published by Harold Shaw. McEwan is a former teacher and school administrator in a suburb of Chicago. October 14, 1998: All Thing Considered: Noah Adams spoke with the author. "Dreamland: Travels Inside the Secret World of Rosewell and Area 51," by Phil Patton, published by Villard. October 15, 1998: Talk of The Nation: "Remembering Slavery: African Americans Talk About Their Personal Experiences of Slavery and Emancipation," edited by Ira Berlin, published by New Press. "Africans in America: America's Journey through Slavery," by Charles Johnson, published by Harcourt Brace. October 16, 1998: All Thing Considered: An Alan Cheuse Review: "Father of Lies," by Brin Evenson, published by Four Walls Press. Cheuse found this new psychological thriller a bit clunky. October 16, 1998: All Thing Considered: Noah Adams interviewed the author. "Ex Libris," by Anne Fadiman, published by Farrar, Straus, Giroux. October 17, 1998 Weekly Edition: Noah Adams interviewed the co-authors. "The Experts Speak: The Definitive Compendium of Authoritative Misinformation," by Christopher Cerf and Victor Navasky, published by Villard Books. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: October 12, 1998: "My Year Off: Recovering Life After a Stroke," by Robert McCrum, published by Norton. October 13, 1998: "Triage: A Novel," by Scott Anderson, published by Scribner. "A Very Private Woman: The Life and Unsolved Murder of Presidential Mistress Mary Meyer," by Nina Burleigh, published by Bantam. October 14, 1998: "Truly Blessed," by Teddy Pendergrast, published by Putnam. Soul superstar Teddy Pendergrast was paralyzed in a 1982 car accident. He has since returned to recording and written an autobiography. October 16, 1998: "Two Times Intro: On the Road with Patti Smith," by Michael Stipe, published by Little, Brown. REVIEW: Maureen Corrigan: "I Married A Communist,' by Philip Roth, published by Houghton Mifflin. "Orson Welles: The Road to Xanadu," (Viking 1996) by Simon Callow. October 16-18, 1998: Fresh Air Weekend: "Truly Blessed," by Teddy Pendergrast, published by Putnam. 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) 1998 by WUNC Radio (WUNCRADIO@UNC.EDU) and Don Sechler (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.