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Israeli writer Etgar Keret wrote his first piece of nonfiction the day his son was born. Later, when his father became terminally ill, he decided to publish his essays as a "living tombstone."

NPR's Scott Simon talks with veteran political commentator and MSNBC host Chris Matthews about his new book, Bobby Kennedy: A Raging Spirit.

The prison system in Iraq is overstretched. The U.S. troop surge and more aggressive roles for Iraqi security forces have put pressure on the country's prisons and detention facilities. There are reports of even more serious problems within the system — including allegations of abuse.

At the Family Leader summit in Des Moines, GOP presidential hopefuls will try to convince Iowa's influential evangelical voting bloc they have the conservative credentials to win the caucuses.

A group of undecided voters in New Hampshire work their way toward being decided. New Hampshire holds the nation's first presidential primary Jan. 8. The voters were paying attention to ABC News and Facebook debates over the weekend.

A winner of the National Book Award for Young People's Literature is out with a debut novel for adults. Elizabeth Acevedo's Family Lore is about sisterhood and memory in a Dominican-American family.

A retired teacher in Saudi Arabia a death sentence for his tweets criticizing the country's leadership to just a handful of followers, according to rights advocates and his family.

Journalist Rania Abouzeid has had a front-row view of the Syrian conflict since its beginning. Her new book tracks people through the six chaotic years following the first peaceful protests.

Sanura Begum fled Myanmar and now lives in the world's largest refugee camp in Bangladesh. Could she ever return to the wooden farmhouse she left behind? Only God knows, she says.

In Petina Gappah's new novel, an albino Zimbabwean woman named Memory is charged with murdering her adoptive father. She narrates the tale from inside a maximum security prison in Harare.