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Jack Kerouac's 1957 novel On the Road is considered one of the defining works of the Beat Generation. As part of NPR's Present at the Creation series, Morning Edition's Renee Montagne looks at how the book, and its stories of Kerouac's frenzied cross-country adventures, came to be.

For people with AIDS and HIV, having a home could mean the difference between life and death. Small things matter -- for instance, drugs to treat infection often need refrigeration. As part of NPR's Housing First series, WNYC's Beth Fertig talks to activists and organizers fighting to provide shelter for some of the nation's most vulnerable people.

Even if you've never heard of Gigi Gryce, it's likely that you've heard his music. The saxophonist worked with and wrote for some of the giants of the industry, including Thelonious Monk and Quincy Jones. But after a short career, he gave it all up to become a schoolteacher. Karla Davis talks with the author of a new book about Gryce on All Things Considered.

Puzzle master Will Shortz quizzes one of our listeners, and has a challenge for everyone at home. (This week's winner is Jesse Reisner from New York City. He listens to Weekend Edition on member station WNYC in New York.)

History's unmentionables come out of the closet in a new calendar from the Costume Society of America called Underwear: Beneath Historic Fashions. On Weekend Edition Saturday, a talk with the editor of the calendar that depicts undergarments from the early 18th century to the 1960s.

Since September 11, Arab Americans have been put in the spotlight. Some artists in the community see this as an opportunity -- to work through issues, cast their own images, and show their audiences a different set of responses to the terrorist attacks and their aftermath. NPR's Neda Ulaby reports for Weekend Edition Sunday.

John Wesley Powell is best known as an explorer of the Colorado River and surrounding regions. But his greatest legacy may be the early warnings he sounded about settlement and water use in the West. A century after his death, Powell's ideas are earning new credibility.

A new book sheds light on one of the discoverers of the structure of DNA in the early '50s. Rosalind Franklin: The Dark Lady of DNA highlights the contributions of a chemist whose work went largely unheralded for decades. Howard Berkes talks with author Brenda Maddox. NPR Online has the interview in its entirety.

Now on her fourth decade at the top of the country music scene, Dolly Parton recently joined Morning Edition host Bob Edwards in the NPR studios to talk about her childhood, her long, lucrative career and her latest CD, Halos & Horns. Listen to Parton's convincing take on one of rock 'n' roll's sacred cows, Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven."

In 1941, a group of young women in Northern Virginia formed a book club to pass the time while their husbands got started on their careers. More than 60 years later, the six surviving members are still reading, and still meeting. Howard Berkes reports for All Things Considered.