Thursday, December 29, 2005

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2005-12-29/zadie-smith-beauty-penguin-press-rebroadcast

Zadie Smith "On Beauty" (Penguin Press) (Rebroadcast)

10 a.m. (ET)

The British author presents her latest novel, which has just been short-listed for the Man Booker Prize. Set on both sides of the Atlantic, it pays tribute to E.M. Forster's "Howard's End."

http://thedianerehmshow.org/shows/2005-12-29/marc-shell-polio-and-its-aftermath-harvard-u-press-rebroadcast

Marc Shell: "Polio and its Aftermath" (Harvard U. Press) (Rebroadcast)

11 a.m. (ET)

Fifty years ago, Jonas Salk announced a vaccine against polio. But the disease remains far from conquered. A survivor of childhood polio examines the impact of polio on our culture and what it still can teach us.

The Diane Rehm Show is produced by member-supported WAMU 88.5 in Washington DC.