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2: Poet JANE KENYON, who died Saturday of leukemia. She and her husband, poet DONALD HALL, had both been struggling with cancer for years. Many of their works were inspired by their battles with the disease. Their last book of poems, entitled Constance, is about HALL's surgery and recovery. KENYON's other books are Boat of Quiet Hours and Let Evening Come. A new collection of her poems, called Otherwise is due out in 1996. (Greywolf

The Hollywood icon trades the red carpet for the Capitol steps.

Given the content of the songs, the title Wake seems, in part, to refer to an awakening Struthers has had about who she is, what she wants to do, and how she wants to sound.

The Bank of England has announced that famed novelist Jane Austen will be the next face on Britain's 10-pound note. Banknotes are redesigned fairly often there as a security measure. This spring there was also a major campaign to have better female representation on U.K. currency.

An old-timey video for Nora Jane Struthers' "Bike Ride" finds the blue notes in the summery song.

While some might be bothered by a biography that regularly, and proudly, takes liberties with facts and chronology, such artistry is the heart and strength of Kate Evans' delightful and illuminating work.

Rachel Martin speaks with former Rep. Jane Harman about the significance of naming Robert Mueller as special counsel in the Russia investigation. Harman served on the House Intelligence Committee.

In her new book, The Real Jane Austen: A Life in Small Things, author Paula Byrne shows how everyday objects helped shape Austen's life and literature. One example, a topaz cross, a cherished gift to Austen from her brother, plays an important role in Mansfield Park.

NPR's Tamara Keith speaks to PBS reporter Jane Ferguson, about the latest on the ground in Kabul, Afghanistan.

Also: a new Zadie Smith story; Stephen King will publish a new book; two poems written by David Foster Wallace as a child.