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This week, harpist Elizabeth Hainen and the Philadelphia Orchestra will perform the U.S. premiere of Tan Dun's Nu-Shu: The Secret Songs of Women. NPR's Rachel Martin speaks with Tan and Hainen about the work, which was inspired by an ancient secret language spoken by women in Tan's home province.

British news executives go to trial Monday following the phone hacking and bribery scandal that sank Rupert Murdoch's News of the World. The trial is expected to reveal details of the uncomfortably cozy relationship between the media and political elites.

The Leonard Bernstein Letters, edited by Nigel Simeone, compiles correspondence to and from the legendary composer and conductor. The letters — from serious to silly — offer a detailed look at both the distinguished career and the adventurous personal life of a singular American genius.

In 2014, Malala Yousafzai became the youngest person to win a Nobel Prize, an honor that weighed on her when she went off to college. In Finding My Way, she writes about her life at Oxford and beyond.

In 1968, Nathaniel Estes started his own plumbing business in Denver's Five Points neighborhood. As his company grew, he became a pillar of the local Black community. His son, Eddie Estes, and daughter, Cathy Lane, remember their now 94-year-old father, and what it was like growing up as the plumber's kids.

Officials say at least 25 people have died across Haiti. In Cuba, officials report collapsed houses and blocked roads, with 735,000 people in shelters. Jamaica faces widespread power outages and communication blackouts.

Patricia Routledge, known for playing Hyacinth Bucket on the 1990s British television show Keeping Up Appearances, has died at age 96.

NPR's Scott Detrow speaks with actor and musician Fred Armisen about the reason and production behind his new sound effect album, 100 Sound Effects.

Trey Yesavage set a World Series rookie record with 12 strikeouts in a 6-1 victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers that moved them within one win of their first championship since 1993.

In her new memoir, author and journalist Beth Macy returns to her hometown of Urbana, Ohio to learn how it changed from a stable working- and middle-class community to a town struggling with poverty.