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THIS WEEK, ON VALENTINE'S DAY, AFTER BEING OFFICIALLY IGNORED BY BRITAIN'S LITERARY ESTABLISHMENT FOR NEARLY A CENTURY, OSCAR WILDE WAS HONORED WITH A PLACE IN THE POET'S CORNER IN WESTMINSTER ABBEY...ONE HUNDRED YEARS TO THE DAY AFTER THE PREMIRE OF HIS GREATEST PLAY, "THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST." THE IRISH POET, PLAYWRIGHT AND NOVELIST SCANDALIZED 19TH CENTURY BRITAIN BECAUSE OF HIS HOMOSEXUALITY. NPR'S MICHAEL GOLDFARB ATTENDED THE CEREMONY.

Host Liane Hansen talks with Jon Spelman, project director for Tall Tales, White Lies, Local Color and Monumental Views: Stories From The ation's Capital." It's a spoken-word portrait of Washington, D.C. as told by he capital's residents who mailed, faxed, and phoned-in their stories. One of he performers, story-teller Namu Lwanga (NAH-moo luh-WAHNG-uh), speaks about rriving in the United States from Uganda and how she tries to adapt to her new ountry. 9:00 "Tall Tales..." is at the Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts through ebruary

As part of the NPR series, "The Subject is Sex," NPR's ynn Neary explores how pre-marital sex is viewed by organized religion.

Host Liane Hansen discusses some of the topics in last week's ews with Baltimore Sun reporter Carl Cannon and David Corn, Washington editor or The Nation magazine. Topics include TORT reform, social security and its mpact on the balanced budget amendment, and welfare reform.

Jennifer Ludden of member station WBUR in Boston reports on attempts by Massachusetts governor William Weld to limit the number of children eligible for a special education. Under the current system, nearly one in five of all school age children in Massachusetts qualify for such programs.

Joe speaks with Dr. David Spach (spock) about a disease that is being seen for the first time in 75 years. More than 1-million soldiers caught Trench Fever during World WAr I, and the disease disappeared until recently when AIDS patients and homeless people came down with it.

David Brower of member station KRWG reports on the 65th anniversary of the discovery of the planet Pluto. The planet was discovered in 1930 by a farm boy from Kansas named Clyde Tombaugh.

2: Entomologist and professor MAY BERENBAUM, who was afraid of bugs until she took a course on insects in college. Her new book is "Bugs in the System: Insects and Their Impact on Human Affairs" (Addison-Wesley), which tries to show insects in a new light. BERENBAUM demonstrates the importance of insects in everyday life and throughout history, and explores the lifestyles of some of the more than ten quintillion insects that inhabit the earth at any given moment. BERENBAUM is also hosts the annual Insect Fear Film Festival, which will be held this weekend, February 25 & 26, at the University of Illinois.

SCOTT SIMON AND NPR'S LEGAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT NINA TOTENBERG TALK ABOUT HOW AFFIRMATIVE ACTION IS PLAYING ON THE HILL, ESPECIALLY AS THE 1996 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION LOOMS.

NPR'S MICHAEL SKOLER REPORTS THAT THE ETHNIC FEARS THAT HAVE LEFT RWANDA VIRTUALLY DESTROYED BY WAR AND GENOCIDE ARE NOW BEGINNING TO PARALYZE ITS SOUTHERN NEIGHBOR...BURUNDI.

LUBRANO: Essayist Alfred Lubrano (Loo-BRAH-noh) takes issue with ournalists who use their noteriety to sell products.

NPR's Michael Skoler reports on the Tutsi-led (TOOT-see) overnment of Rwanda, which would like to see its rival tribe, the Hutus HOO-too), return to the country following a bloody civil war between the clans