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Neruda's Book of Questions is well known in Latin American literature. A new bilingual, illustrated selection of his poems gives English-speaking children an opportunity to interrogate the world.

Sen. Carl Levin of Michigan, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee, expresses doubts about the special commission President Bush has appointed to investigate the nation's intelligence capabilities. Levin says the panel will not be able to look into whether the administration skewed the intelligence compiled by the CIA and other agencies. Levin speaks to NPR's Steve Inskeep.

Delegates to the Democratic convention are up for grabs Saturday in Michigan and in Washington state. About 200,000 people showed up for caucuses in Washington -- considered an enormous turnout. Hear NPR's Steve Inskeep and NPR's Wendy Kaufman.

The next test for Democrats is Sunday in Maine's caucuses, with contests following Tuesday in Virginia and Tennessee. NPR's Brian Naylor speaks with Fred Bever of Maine Public Radio; Richmond Times-Dispatch political writer Tyler Whitley and Sandra Roberts, managing editor of opinion at The Tennessean in Nashville.

On a visit to Europe, U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld gives a spirited defense of the U.S. decision to go to war in Iraq and the wider policy of pre-emption. Rumsfeld spoke at the annual Munich Conference on Security Policy. NPR's Eric Westervelt reports.

President Bush, battling declining polls numbers and criticism from Democrats, goes on NBC's Meet The Press for an hour-long interview. He defends his decision to go to war in Iraq and says CIA director George Tenet's job is safe despite complaints about pre-war intelligence. NPR's Pam Fessler reports.

The monthly pop-up series fulfills a need for community spaces in the city where queer people feel comfortable, safe and considered.

Poet Adam Wolfland identifies as neurodivergent and autistic. He says poetry is in his body — he types and moves to communicate and his poetry is multidimensional.

"It is a war zone, but it is shocking that it happened close to us," Saviano Abreu, a spokesman for the U.N.'s humanitarian office, was quoted as saying. The attack killed one person: a journalist.

May marks the beginning of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. This year's theme is Advancing Leaders Through Opportunity.