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A couple prepares to send their daughter off on her first day of kindergarten in a new piece of short fiction, "The First Day," read here by the author, Silas House. House's latest novel is titled A Parchment of Leaves.

June 12 is celebrated by many interracial couples and families as "Loving Day." It's the day in 1967 when the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the laws banning interracial marriage. The day is named for the couple who brought the case to court, Richard and Mildred Loving.

NPR's Noah Adams talks to law professor and Slate contributor Richard Hasen about potential emergencies that could complicate Election Day, from Electoral College squabbles to a terrorist attack.

Rock critic Ken Tucker reviews the new CD by hip-hop artist Lyrics Born. It's called Same !@#$ Different Day.

The wet spell in the Pacific Northwest is seen as an opportunity for Nancy Pearl, the Seattle librarian who regularly shares her recommended readings. She shares her list of books for a rainy day.

Millions of children are heading back to school, and to mark the traditional start of the school year, we've asked reporters from member stations around the country to bring us the sounds.

Today is the birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior, and the day was honored at Ebeneezer Baptist Church in Atlanta with a service that featured remarks from King's widow, Coretta Scott King. We hear some excerpts.

On Nellie McKay's fourth album, she's still surprising fans — this time with a Doris Day tribute, Normal As Blueberry Pie.

Jon Katz, author of Dog Days, talks with Andrea Seabrook about the origin of the term "dog days of summer" — and how animals know better than humans how to deal with them.

NPR Music's Song of the Day features a new track every weekday, with analysis of the music, links to each artist's Web sites and, of course, a chance to hear the song itself. Here, Song of the Day editor Stephen Thompson talks about recent selections by Malcolm Middleton, Japandroids and My Morning Jacket's Jim James.