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"The more carny it got, the better I liked it," King says of his new thriller, Joyland. The book, set in a North Carolina amusement park in 1973, is part horror novel and part supernatural thriller. King talks with Fresh Air's Terry Gross about his career writing horror, and about what scares him now.

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Alison Carew and her two 15-year-old daughters. The twins attend Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., where a shooting took place on Wednesday.

At the end of May, Cleveland will be a little less fun. Owner Steve Presser announced earlier this week that Big Fun, the popular vintage toy store located in the Coventry neighborhood of Cleveland Heights, would be closing after 27 years. Why now? “The two words I’m using: ‘It’s time.’ I used to joke that I’d have to be carried out of there on a gurney, but I much prefer the alternative. I like walking out,” Presser said.

The new albumThe Other Side of Desire marks Jones' first original material in years, spurred on by a life-changing move to New Orleans.

The U.S.-born creator of Master of None loved working with his Indian parents. But as the father of a 6-year-old, I worry that family ties here aren't as strong as in my homeland.

WOSU’s Marilyn Smith has brought a distinguished 30-year career in public radio to a close. She retired from the station Friday.“This is 89.7 NPR News.…

Curtis Sittenfeld's latest novel imagines a life for Hillary Rodham in which she turns down Bill Clinton's proposals and forges a career for herself, as a law professor and later a politician.

Substituting for white sugar brings a spirit of adventure to baking for food writer Nicole Spiridakis. Her experimenting started with honey and branched out to agave, molasses, maple syrup and more.

Set in the Rocky Mountains after an epidemic has killed off most of society, The Dog Stars, by adventure writer Peter Heller, casts an unusual mood as it alternates between elegiac reflection, lyrical nature writing and intense, high-caliber action. The Dog Stars will be published on Aug. 7.

Gregory Pardlo's new memoir, Air Traffic, chronicles his complicated relationship with his father, a labor organizer who lost his job following the air traffic controllers' 1981 strike.