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In autumn, the publishing industry kicks into high gear, rolling out "big books" — the titles that publishers hope readers will buy through the all-important holiday season. NPR's Lynn Neary follows the path of Emma Donoghue's novel, Room, a book that has generated some serious buzz.

Thousands of civilians have been killed in the war in Ukraine. Nasta Grycenko was among the casualties last month after Russia hit areas across Ukraine. Her father says she shouldn't be a statistic.

Dracula has had many incarnations, among them Jesus, a woman and a dog. Andrea Seabrook learns about Dracula and his many vampire brethren from Eric Nuzum, author of The Dead Travel Fast: Stalking Vampires from Nosferatu to Count Chocula.

The wide-ranging legislation targets climate change, health care costs and taxes. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer kicked off floor debate on Saturday evening.

There's much debate when it comes to the subject of poverty in America and why, for some, it seems inescapable. Charles Karelis, author of The Persistence of Poverty: Why the Economics of the Well-off Can't Help the Poor, explains why he believes poverty is its own "culture."

After Pearl Harbor, about 120,000 Japanese Americans were uprooted and forced to live for years in federal camps. Internment changed the traditional Japanese diet and erased the family table.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with CDC Director Rochelle Walensky about the monkeypox outbreak in the United States and the steps the federal government is taking to manage it.

The country legend's new album returns to some of her commercial roots, telling stories of domestic betrayal in grand yet thoroughly grounded fashion.

Mellencamp shares the stories behind some of his most famous songs — and sings several in a studio session on Fresh Air.

An unprecedented drought is afflicting nearly half of the European continent, damaging farm economies, forcing water restrictions and causing wildfires and threatening aquatic species.