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In Men We Reaped, Jesmyn Ward recalls the deaths of five young men in her life, which she believes were all connected to being poor and black in the rural South. "It made me feel that I wasn't promised some long life. ... That's not a given for me."

Syrian forces are withdrawing from Lebanon after nearly 30 years. The troops are gathered in the eastern Bekaa Valley, which has housed a host of radical groups over the decades. A look at the changes wrought by the impending withdrawal.

The presidents of Syria and Lebanon announce Syria will pull back its forces in Lebanon to the eastern Bekaa Valley by the end of this month. But critics have faulted the plan for not providing a timetable for complete and immediate withdrawal.

If Democrats win control of the House in the midterm elections, the White House will likely face aggressive congressional investigations.

John Mayer has sold millions of CDs with his sensitive, wistful songs. Music critic Tom Moon has been listening to Mayer's new album, Continuum. He says Mayer is growing as an artist, his songs are better and he is utilizing one of his strengths, in playing guitar.

Riccardo Fregoso, executive creative director of McCann Paris, discusses the firm's Clio Award-winning ad called "The Girls of Paradise," which draws potential johns in for a rude surprise.

Financial writer Philip Coggan traces the current global financial crisis to the 1970s, when the U.S. broke its last link to gold. In his book Paper Promises, Coggan says governments will have to choose whether to keep their promises to their creditors or to their citizens.

In a summit at the Egyptian resort town of Sharm El Sheik, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon pledge an end to the violence that has persisted for the past four years.

The anthology of African-American nature poetry features work by contemporary writers, and writers like 18th century poet Phillis Wheatley. Camille T. Dungy, the editor of the collection, says the poems offer a different view of the natural world.

As part of NPR's year-long Housing First project, Morning Edition this week airs three reports on the economics of housing for some of the neediest Americans. In the third report, NPR's Cheryl Corley reports from Boston on a controversial program that's had some success turning around crumbling neighborhoods, but can also be used to clear desirable land for high-rent construction.