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, The Linda Belans Show, and The People's Pharmacy. NPR(TM) BOOK REVIEWS FROM WUNC RADIO 2/23 - 3/1/1998 February 23, 1998: Morning Edition: Bob Edwards spoke with the sportswriter: "Where the Game Matters Most: a Last Championship Season in Indiana High School Basketball" by William Gildea, published by Little, Brown. February 23, 1998: Talk of The Nation: "The Anthropology of Empty Forms: Comparative Studies of the Olympic Games and National Cultures" (forthcoming), and "Brides of Victory: Nationalism and Gender in Olympic Ritual" by John Mackaloon (no publishing information available). February 23, 1998: All Things Considered: The author read from his children's book: "The Trumpet of the Swan" (1970) by E.B. White, published by Harper & Row. February 26, 1998: Talk of the Nation: "Puerto Rico at the Crossroads" (1996) by Alex Odishelidze, published by Employee Benefits Associates, Inc. February 27, 1998: Talk of the Nation: "Heavenly Knowledge: an Astrophysicist Seeks Wisdom in the Stars" by Fiorella Terenzi, published by Avon Books. February 28, 1998: This American Life: "Drown" by Junot Diaz, published by Riverhead Books. February 28, 1998: Weekend Edition: Scott Simon spoke with the author and historian: "Peter the Great: his Life and World" (1980) by Robert Massie, published by Knopf. February 28, 1998: Weekend All Things Considered: Susan Stamberg spoke with the poet: "A Working Girl Can't Win and Other Poems" by Deborah Garrison, published by Random House. March 1, 1998: Weekend Edition: Steven Stark examined the success of the novel: "Cold Mountain" by Charles Frazier, published by Atlantic Monthly Press. Books profiled on Fresh Air with host Terry Gross: February 23, 1998: "Cloudsplitter: a novel," (HarperFlamingo) "The Sweet Hereafter,"(HarperCollins 1991) and "Affliction," (Harper & Row 1989) by Russell Banks. February 24, 1998: "The Long Hard Road Out of Hell" by Marilyn Manson, published by Regan Books. REVIEW by Maureen Corrigan: "A Woman Called John" by Sally Cline, published by The Overlook Press. February 26, 1998: "Saints and Villains," "Storming Heaven,"(1987) and "The Unquiet Earth" (1992) by Denise Giardina, published by Norton. February 27, 1998: "The Ladies' Gallery: a Memoir of Family Secrets" by Irene Vilar, published by Vintage. "Paul Robeson" (1988) by Martin Duberman, published by Knopf. Fresh Air Weekend, February 27- March 1, 1998: "The Long Hard Road Out of Hell" by Marilyn Manson, published by Regan Books. REVIEW by Maureen Corrigan: "A Woman Called John" by Sally Cline, published by The Overlook Press. "Cloudsplitter: a novel," (HarperFlamingo) "The Sweet Hereafter,"(HarperCollins 1991) and "Affliction," (Harper & Row 1989) by Russell Banks. 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 Carrie Knoblock (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.