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Havana-born writer Achy Obejas returns to her native city with a novel called Ruins. It's a bittersweet portrait of Cuban life in the mid-1990s.

Journalist Thomas Lippman writes in his book Arabian Knight about how Franklin D. Roosevelt become the first U.S. president to meet a Saudi king. Roosevelt met King Abdul Aziz during World War II on the deck of a Navy cruiser. Lippman talks with Steve Inskeep about the long-standing relationship between the U.S. and Saudi Arabia.

From Broadway to Sesame Street, Kristen Chenoweth has tackled a wide range of roles, genres and media. Now, she tells her own story in her autobiography, A Little Bit Wicked.

The younger of the filmmaking Coen brothers is the author of two recently published books. Almost An Evening consists of three short plays that were staged off-Broadway last year, while The Drunken Driver Has The Right Of Way is a slim volume of clever, light verse.

Thursday marks the 50th anniversary of William Strunk and E.B. White's Elements of Style, the grammar manual used by millions of students, including commentator Marc Acito.

Kirstin Downey's biography of FDR's Labor Secretary Frances Perkins paints an inspiring and substantive portrait of the woman who ushered in the 40-hour work week.

In 1959, E.B. White published a revised copy of his former college professor's "little book" on writing. The Elements of Style, or "Strunk and White" as it's sometimes known, became an indispensable guide for writers. A new anniversary edition chronicles the making of a classic.

Voting begins in India's general election on Thursday. It's a massive operation — there are more than 700 million voters. The election is an exotic affair in which dynasties, demagogues, movie stars, crooks and comics immerse themselves a gigantic political carnival.

Sarah Pekkanen's debut novel will be published in 2010, but it was a long time in the making. After finding that her life was not "best-seller material" — so much for "write what you know" — Pekkanen turned to the experts for help writing her first book of fiction.

One family runs India's Congress Party. The party heads the coalition government and is battling to stay in power. Voting begins this week in India's general election, so the family is going around the country campaigning. But there's a family feud.