NPR's Ketzel Levine travels to Palo Alto, Calif., to profile a young Vietnamese photographer, Binh Danh. He uses the power of the sun to print pictures on leaves. View a gallery of his work.

Even Damien Rice doesn't know exactly how to describe his own songs -- part folk, part rock, a little chamber music, all tied together with his unique, passionate voice. NPR's Melissa Block talks with the Irish music sensation on the eve of his first American tour. Hear samples of his debut solo CD, O.

Need some suggestions for summer reading? You can find the right book with help from NPR:

» 'Light' reading list from Talk of the Nation
» Eden Ross Lipson on Weekend Edition Sunday
» Selections from NPR member stations
» Recommendations from NPR personalities

In the final part of a series of stories on the challenges of getting by on a low-wage job in America, NPR's Noah Adams profiles Marzs Mata, a Detroit woman who doesn't have a car, can't afford to live near her job, and spends about five hours a day getting to and from work. Listen to other worker profiles, and see photos of the people profiled.

What would you do if you stumbled across a friend's very personal Web log? Should you stop reading subsequent entries out of respect for her privacy? Randy Cohen, who writes "The Ethicist" column for The New York Times Magazine, discusses that ethical dilemma and others in his latest appearance on All Things Considered.

NPR's Emily Harris reports from the former East German city of Leipzig, where city officials are battling a Nobel Prize-winning scientist over a proposal to build a church at the site where a 700-year-old Gothic cathedral was destroyed by communists in 1968. See a video of the destruction and the church plaza today.

As a "thank you" to all of her loyal listeners over the last 20 years of The Thistle & Shamrock, host Fiona Ritchie got together with show favorite Dougie MacLean to record an MP3 version of Dougie's song "This Love Will Carry." It's free, and can be downloaded from the Thistle & Shamrock Web site.