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Trent Lott, the Republican senator from the state of Mississippi, was the Senate majority leader from June 1996 to January 2001. He is the author of the memoir Herding Cats: A Life in Politics.

The Silver Spoon has been a staple of Italian kitchens for five decades. A new translation reveals the best-selling cookbook's secrets to an English-speaking audience.

London cabbie, Will Grozier, offers some book recommendations. Included are: The Wild Places, by Robert Macfarlane; Sepulchre, by Kate Mosse (due out in April); and Drop City by T.C. Boyle.

Vowell's new book, Assassination Vacation, is about her visits to the gravesites and monuments honoring Presidents Lincoln, Garfield and McKinley. Vowell also voiced the character of Violet in the animated film 'The Incredibles.' This story was originally broadcast on April 20, 2000 and Sept. 16, 2002.

Fresh Air's jazz critic reviews Mark Miller's High Hat, Trumpet, and Rhythm: The Life and Music of Valaida Snow. It's a biography of jazz singer and musician Valaida Snow, aka "Little Louis."

Brian Walker, son of Hi and Lois creator Mort Walker, has co-edited a new book that traces the history of America's funny pages in the 20th century. Walker now writes the Hi and Lois strip with his brother, editor Greg Walker, and illustrator Chance Browne.

Alan Cheuse reviews Nobel Prize winner V.S. Naipaul's new novel Magic Seeds, which continues the story of Indian intellectual Willie Chandran begun in Naipaul's 2001 novel, Half a Life. Cheuse says the novel's thick plot is only a platform from which Naipaul delves into a complicated world of mind and feeling.

Alan Cheuse reviews The Tarnished Eye by Midwestern writer Judith Guest. Cheuse says the book is a sweetheart of a novel, even though the plot is based around the slaying of an entire family.

A novel by T.C. Boyle and a new film starring Liam Neeson both explore the personal life of Dr. Alfred Kinsey, who became famous in the 1940s and 1950s for his research into human sexual behavior. Tom Vitale reports.

After deadly tornadoes hit the central U.S., photojournalist Brandon Clement documented the damage.