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Host Michel Martin speaks to Internet comedy sensation Kevin Wu and his father Michael Wu. Kevin has had 100 million hits on his videos. They are contestants on this season's Amazing Race.

There's only one more day to submit entries for our Three-Minute Fiction contest. The deadline is Sunday, Jan. 23, at 11:59 p.m. ET. Host Guy Raz delivers a few of the jokes in stories received so far.

This annual holiday favorite marks its 20th anniversary with new fiction for the Festival of Lights. Susan Stamberg and Murray Horwitz read four specially commissioned stories.

The breakout HBO hit "Boardwalk Empire," a series set in Prohibition-era Atlantic City, New Jersey features all the elements that make a gangster epic: profanity, violence, and vice. But it also has something many crime dramas lack; that's complicated and interesting female characters. Guest host Jacki Lyden speaks with Margaret Nagle, supervising producer and writer for "Boardwalk Empire," about her role in creating its memorable roles for women.

Stephen Mancusi worked for the New York Police Department for 27 years as a forensic artist. He specializes in composite sketching -- the process of interviewing victims and witnesses to create a drawing of a perpetrator that is released to help police find suspects.

Next week, the Swedish Academy will announce the winner of the 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature. Ahead of that, there is speculation -- and betting -- about the identity of this year's laureate.

Poet, novelist, and activist Alice Walker discusses her new poetry collection "Hard Times Require Furious Dancing" and shares her thoughts on writing. Host Michel Martin speaks with the Pulitzer Prize-winning author.

We look at the Academy's choices to host next year's Oscars: actors James Franco and Anne Hathaway. While they might seem like unconventional choices, they're both eminently qualified and should be able to put on a good show.

Oprah Winfrey is on her way to Australia, and while her Aussie fans are excited that the Queen of Talk is coming to town, others wonder whether it's time and attention well spent.

When he was an undergrad, the director of "Rushmore" and "The Fantastic Mr. Fox," published a short story in a University of Texas literary magazine. Its newest editor has made it available online. Is that a good thing?