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Lawyer-poet Reginald Dwayne Betts for years hid the fact that he had served time in prison. Now, this time in his life is at the center of his new collection of poems.

A women's softball team in Colorado boasts players with lots of experience: the youngest is 60 and the oldest is 92.

Don Burnes is the co-founder of the The Burnes Institute for Poverty Research at the Colorado Center on Law and Policy. He has co-authored several books on poverty, including his latest, When We Walk By: forgotten humanity, broken systems, and the role we can each play in ending homelessness in America, which he co-authored with Kevin Adler.Kevin F. Adler

More than a year after her death, Nora Ephron — beloved reporter, screenwriter, director, and novelist — has been memorialized in a collection of her writings. Meg Wolitzer, who enjoyed a 20-year friendship with Ephron, says The Most of Nora Ephron forms a picture of an ambitious, honest feminist who demanded a lot from life and gave back even more.

Montana restaurateur Jay Bentley likes his chicken juicy, not dry, and cooked with its bones. He says his cast iron skillet technique results in moist, flavorful chicken in half the usual cooking time.

A new NPR/Marist poll shows that more than half of contract workers don't get employee benefits. "We really don't have much of a social safety net, and that's terrifying," freelancer Matt Nelson says.

Branson dropped out of school at 15, but by 16 he had his own magazine, and by 21 he had opened his first business — Virgin Records. Today, he's the head of a global business empire. In Like a Virgin, Branson shares the story of his success.

The new anthology Who Is Mark Twain? features a collection of never-before-published writings by the famous humorist. Lynn Neary talks to Robert Hirst, the editor of the collection and head of the University of California Berkeley's Mark Twain Project.

On her 14th studio album, Madame X, Madonna sings in Portuguese and Spanish in addition to English and highlights multicultural influences that she's encountered while living in Lisbon, Portugal.

The Stradivarius stolen from a cellist with the Los Angeles Philharmonic last month and later recovered is getting a makeover this summer. Each and every crack in the $3.5 million instrument is being repaired by a master craftsman, who says the owner won't notice the difference when the restoration is complete. Hear NPR's Renee Montagne.