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NPR's Robert Siegel talks with writer Gilbert Sorrentino about Hubert Selby, Jr., author of Last Exit to Brooklyn, who died Monday. Sorrentino grew up with Selby, says he made literature out of a kind of language that few writers dared use before. He was not the rough hewn person characterized in his prose. His inspiration was growing up on the streets.

Noah talks with Rosanne Cash, who has written a new collection of short fiction called "Bodies of Water". We visit her at her favorite restaurant in Greenwich Village, to talk about her writing life, inspiration, technique, and how being a singer/songwriter for more than twenty years has prepared her for the prose she is now writing. IN STEREO NOTE: "Bodies of Water" will be available in most bookstores by early next week (the week of 3/18/96). The publisher is Hyperion Books.

Of the 116 police officers who were killed last year, 51 died in traffic incidents, the largest cause of death for the last 12 years, according to data. Guns, meanwhile, killed 49 officers.

Recovery efforts are underway for six people presumed dead in the Baltimore bridge collapse. NBC has dropped a former RNC chair as a contributor after backlash from the public and its network stars.

The Primetime Emmy Awards will be held Monday night in Los Angeles and broadcast live on NBC and its streaming service Peacock. Keenan Thompson, of Saturday Night Live, will emcee the ceremony.

Kids from across the country compete Thursday night in the finals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The film Spellbound captured the drama involving 8 kids who competed in the bee 16 years ago.

Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is conceding that a fix for the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program won't happen any time soon. He had been working toward a March 5 deadline set by the president.

Democratic state representative and Kentucky House Education Committee chair Carl Rollins is leaving his seat to accept the top job at the Kentucky Higher…

The Kentucky Travel Industry Association has named Paducah’s Annual Dragon Boat Festival a top fall event for 2015. The River Discovery Center’s one-day…

Western Kentucky University has a new women’s head basketball coach. Assistant coach Greg Collins was promoted to the top spot Tuesday following the…