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Author Scott Spencer is best known for his literary best-seller Endless Love — now, he's adopted a pseudonym, Chase Novak, to explore darker stories like the tale of baby lust and body horror in his new novel, Breed.

The group's 1993 debut was the opening shot of an audacious plan to open the music industry to hip-hop made way outside the mainstream.

The FBI recently rescued more than 100 children from prostitution, and arrested over 150 pimps who allegedly trafficked them. Host Michel Martin learns more about child sex trafficking, and attempts to fight it, from NPR Justice Correspondent Carrie Johnson and Malika Saada Saar of Rights4Girls.

Chris Hosken of member station WFAE in Charlotte, North Carolina, reports on the continuing investigation of seven drowning deaths in Union, South Carolina last Saturday night. A family of five plus two friends died in the same lake where Susan Smith drowned her two children. The family was visiting the memorial to Smith's two sons.

Rob Delaney has almost 670,000 Twitter followers. He talks to NPR's Audie Cornish about what that means for his traditional standup career, and whether he cares if you call him a "Twitter comedian."

Chef Robert Weland grows tomatoes and herbs in a kind of urban oasis next to his Washington, D.C., restaurant. The garden's bounty will end up as a bowl of cool, smooth gazpacho.

Licensing rules are supposed to protect the public. But they also raise prices and make it harder for people to find work.

From the comedian and digital director of The Onion, a satirical self-help book for anyone who has a black friend, wants to be the next black president or speak for the black community.

From the comedian and digital director of The Onion, a satirical self-help book for anyone who has a black friend, wants to be the next black president or speak for the black community.

In the days of the ancient Greeks, poetry and sport went hand in hand at athletic festivals like the Olympics. Morning Edition is reviving that tradition with the Poetry Games. We've invited poets to compose original works celebrating the Olympics. You will judge who should win the victor's crown.