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The new collection of nearly 100 poems does what its title says — a CD included with the book features many of the 73 authors reading their work.

John Kenneth Galbraith -- social economist, Harvard professor, diplomat -- is dead at 97. His work influenced Roosevelt, Kennedy and Johnson and generations of U.S. politicians. He spoke to Howard Berkes in 1999.

NPR's Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. This week's winner is Kymberly Doucette, a Los Angeles Times editor from Foothill Ranch, Calif.

Puzzlemaster Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Lynda Unowsky from Hot Springs Village, Ark. She listens to Weekend Edition on member station KUAR in Little Rock.)

If someone told you a few years back that the U.S. could be headed towards another civil war, you might've slowly backed away.

Plus: ambiguous mascots, rodents with hard-to-spell names, and three boring photos of buildings.

Utility company American Electric Power has agreed to settle a lawsuit over charges that emissions from its coal-fired power plants polluted the air over several states. The settlement is viewed as a significant victory for the Environmental Protection Agency.

More than 300 superdelegates across the country have yet to commit to either Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama. California has the most superdelegates, and nearly two dozen of them are uncommitted — about twice as many as any other state. One of them is Rep. Sam Farr.

Today on The Sound of Books with Fred Kasten, the acclaimed new biography of New Orleans music legend and icon Ernie K-Doe by writer, producer, folklorist…

Three winning tickets were sold for the record $656 million jackpot. They've now all been turned in. We'll learn who the Illinois winner is on Wednesday, officials say.