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Each week, guests and hosts on NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour share what's bringing them joy. This week: Flyana Boss, Project Runway All Stars, and new nonfiction about queer representation and media.

A Youth Radio commentator is appalled by the blinding, Fruity Pebbles-hued, punk-rock fashions taking over Oakland, Calif. — and is determined to wear coordinating clothes, regardless of the mismatching trend.

The Enchantress of Florence is the latest novel by Salman Rushdie. The book tells the story of a woman trying to take control of her destiny in a decidedly male world.

Steven Spielberg's Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull made an estimated $126 million when it debuted over the weekend. One author says there's a method to Spielberg's success: He draws from his own family experiences to create characters that will resonate with audiences.

Jazz legend Wynton Marsalis says that music is the "art of the invisible" — it is memory, intention and imagination. Marsalis explains his relationship to jazz in his new book, Moving to Higher Ground, and talks about how music changed his life.

Former GOP finance director Nicole Sexton's young heroine has a knack for throwing parties and tapping rich donors. But as the former intern becomes a big wheel in the Republican money machine, her ideals take a beating.

Author Maurice Sendak celebrates his 80th year on Sept. 15 with a benefit in Manhattan. In addition to penning the children's classics, Where The Wild Things Are and In The Night Kitchen, Sendak has written, designed and produced several operas and ballets.

It's the 50th Anniversary of The Blob, one of a series of low-budget horror/sci-fi films that proliferated in the wake of the Cold War. The themes that made The Blob a hit in 1958 are still the ones that keep it in our consciousness today.

Shawn Ryan, creator and executive producer of the acclaimed FX drama, The Shield, discusses his involvement in the series.

The writer behind Six Feet Under and American Beauty is back, with an HBO series about vampires in rural Louisiana and a controversially titled film about a hot-button topic.