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Rick Moody has built a life in words, in writing them for his books like The Ice Storm, and in reading them. He believes there is unlimited joy in opening a new book and delving into its story.

A day before Iraq's parliamentary election, President Bush will stress why he thinks the United States must stay in Iraq, in the last of a series of speeches intended to persuade more Americans to support his strategy.

Mechanics are threatening to walk off the job Saturday unless Northwest Airlines drops its demands for job and wage cuts. The carrier says it has replacement workers ready, and that it needs to dramatically cut costs to stay afloat. From Minnesota Public Radio Jeff Horwich reports.

Benjamin Kunkel talks about his debut novel, a tale of twenty-something angst called Indecision. Kunkel is also a co-founder of the literary magazine n+1.

The Millions More Movement will be held on Washington's National Mall Saturday to mark the 10th anniversary of the Million Man March. On Oct. 16, 1995, hundreds of thousands of black men gathered and pledged to improve themselves, personally and politically.

The new CD In Sacred Trust presents previously unreleased recordings by Hobart Smith, a traditional musician from southwestern Virginia who could play just about any instrument. Producer Stephen Wade talks about the recordings.

The National Rifle Association is using the experience of Hurricane Katrina to document the importance of guns during a disaster. During the chaos in New Orleans post-Katrina, gun purchases by both civilians and law enforcement swelled.

President Bush's top strategist, Karl Rove, spends four hours testifying in his fourth and final appearance before a grand jury investigating who exposed the identity of CIA agent Valerie Plame.

In The Story of Chicago May, Irish author Nuala O'Faolain tells the "partly imagined" story of a real-life Irish woman who stole her family's money and fled to America to begin a life of crime at the turn of the 20th century.

Author Salman Rushdie has a new book out. Shalimar the Clown is set in Kashmir, the volatile region bordering India and Pakistan that was recently devastated by an earthquake that killed tens of thousands of people.