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Writers and readers from the 50 states plus the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico share their picks for books that tell us something about the places where they live.

Traveling this summer? Here are book picks for all 50 states (and then some)

Poets laureate and other literary luminaries from all 50 states plus D.C. and Puerto Rico recommend quintessential reads that illuminate where they live.

Ukrainian soldiers patrol on a road in Sydorove, eastern Ukraine, on May 17, 2022. The U.S. is sending Ukraine more advanced rocket systems and munitions in the fourth month of the war.

The U.S. is sending advanced rocket systems to Ukraine, but not to be shot into Russia

President Biden said in a guest essay in The New York Times that he's decided to provide Ukraine with more advanced rockets that will enable it to more precisely strike targets on the battlefield.

Encore: Beach grass could be key to protecting the Aquinnah Wampanoag homeland

Climate change threatens a tribal homeland off the Massachusetts coast. Volunteers are planting beach grass to make it more resilient. (Story first aired on Weekend Edition Saturday on May 28, 2022.)

In 'Happy-Go-Lucky,' David Sedaris reflects on his fraught relationship with his dad

Happy-Go-Lucky is more somber than David Sedaris' usual fare, but there are some fresh, funny bits wedged between the weighty boulders.

Members of the New York Police Department patrol the streets after a rush-hour shooting at a subway station in Brooklyn on April 12.

A victim of the Brooklyn subway shooting is suing the gun maker Glock

Ilene Steur, who was one of 10 people injured in the April attack, says in the lawsuit that Glock's marketing practices made it possible for the shooting suspect to buy one of the company's guns.

Johnny Depp and Amber Heard are seen attending the trial in Fairfax, Va., on May 24, 2022. Depp sued Heard, his ex-wife, for libel after she wrote an op-ed piece in <em>The Washington Post</em> in 2018 titled, "I spoke up against sexual violence — and faced our culture's wrath. That has to change."

Depp is awarded more than $10M in defamation case against Heard and she gets $2M

Johnny Depp had sued Amber Heard for more than $50 million over a 2018 op-ed she wrote about abuse against women. Because of a limit set by state law, Depp's award will be $10.35 million.

Norm Macdonald's 'Nothing Special' gives us one last dose of the late comic

Most of Netflix's special features Macdonald running through his set in one unbroken take. The rest is a small group of comics, including David Letterman and Conan O'Brien, talking about their friend.

Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo, third from left, stands during a news conference outside Robb Elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, last Thursday. Arredondo is being criticized over the police response to the mass shooting at the school.

Investigators say the Uvalde school district police chief isn't talking to them

Pete Arredondo and his department have been under new scrutiny since DPS Director Steven McCraw said the incident commander — later confirmed to be Arredondo — made a critical error.

Elvis impersonator Brendan Paul (right) walks down the aisle during a wedding ceremony for Katie Salvatore and Eric Wheeler at the Graceland Wedding Chapel in Las Vegas.

No more Elvis-themed weddings for Las Vegas chapels, a licensing company says

The company that controls the name and image of Elvis Presley is ordering Sin City chapel operators to stop using "The King" in themed ceremonies. Some say the move could decimate their businesses.

Short-term profits and long-term consequences — did Jack Welch break capitalism?

The General Electric CEO wowed investors and mingled with celebrities. But New York Times correspondent David Gelles says Welch's aggressive tactics also caused irreparable harm to American industry.

<em>Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day</em>, written by Judith Viorst with illustrations by Ray Cruz, was published 50 years ago.

For 50 years, Alexander's been having terrible, horrible, no good, very bad days

Judith Viorst's best-selling kids' book Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day was published 50 years ago. At 91, Viorst reflects on the book's legacy with the real Alexander.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack speaks at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

The Biden administration has announced new funding to help food supply chains

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack on Wednesday unveiled $2 billion in new funding to strengthen food supply chains hard hit by the pandemic.

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