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On his latest installment of Director's Cuts, Ned Wharton, music director of Weekend Edition Sunday, invites us to listen to bluegrass cuts. The featured artists are Phillips, Grier and Flinner — who cover such artists as The Beatles and Jimi Hendrix — and Nickel Creek, a group of 20-somethings who've played together since childhood.

Poet Sharon Olds. Her new collection of poems is The Unswept Room. She has a number of previous collections, including Satan Says and The Dead and the Living. Olds was the New York State Poet Laureate from 1998 to 2000. She teaches poetry workshops in the Graduate Creative Writing Program at New York University. Audio not available due to rights issues.

Private relief organizations are increasingly alarmed by their inability to plan for the consequences of war in Iraq.

A quiet retired couple in Seattle designed an anti-war sign and posted it around their neighborhood. Now they are getting orders for the sign from around the country. Cathy Duchamp of member station KUOW reports.

He is the cartoon editor of the New Yorker magazine. His new book is The Naked Cartoonist: A New Way to Enhance Creativity. It's a how-to of cartooning and a collection of New Yorker cartoons, including many of Mankoff’s own.

After three decades of performing his post-Beatles pop, Paul McCartney releases a new live recording filled with Beatles tunes. In an interview with NPR's Renee Montagne, McCartney discusses the emotions of performing songs dedicated to George Harrison and John Lennon.

Pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet sets out to record the complete solo piano works of French composer Erik Satie. The first disc in the project, The Magic of Satie, is now available. The musician talks with NPR's Liane Hansen.

The television network Al Jazeera presents news to 22 Arab countries. As Steve Inskeep reports for All Things Considered, the network is now planning a dramatic increase in its coverage of the United States.

Attention to border security has increased dramatically since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. A crackdown along the Texas border has closed illegal crossing points, making life hard for two towns on opposite sides of the Rio Grande. NPR's Jennifer Ludden reports from Lajitas, Texas.

Book reviewer Alan Cheuse has his annual recommendations for the best reading of the year, which in his view, make the best gifts for the holiday season.