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The former White House adviser was found guilty on two counts of criminal contempt for refusing to cooperate with a subpoena from the House Select Committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack.

British horticulturists figured out how to graft a tomato plant onto a potato plant. The plant, called Ketchup 'n' Fries, has crossed the pond and will be available to U.S. gardeners this spring.

Host Steve Inskeep talks with James L.W.West III about Trimalchio: An Early Version of The Great Gatsby (Edited by James L.W. West III/Cambridge University Press/2000). West says that F.Scott Fitzgerald's Trimalchio was a good novel, but that The Great Gatsby was a masterpiece -- and that Fitzgerald and his editor, the famed Maxwell Perkins, achieved this in the re-writing. West is Distinguished Professor of English at Pennsylvania State University.

It may be six months away -- but during these short cold days of winter, we bring you a taste of summer. NPR's Michele Norris talks with David Mas Maumoto, a writer and farmer in Central California, about the quintessential symbol of summer -- the peach. Masamuto talks about his latest book Four Seasons in 5 Senses: Things Worth Savoring. (W.W. Norton & Company, January 2003.)

WE PRESENT TWO SHORT POEMS IN HONOR OF NATIONAL POETRY MONTH. (Information about Hilary Tham's poetry and memoirs available through: Three Continents Press, P.O. Box 38009, Colorado Springs, CO. 80937 --- (719) 579-0977 / Alberto Rios' books of poems available through W.W. Norton. PIG COOKIES AND OTHER STORIES on Chronicle Books, S.F.

Jacki Lyden talks with poet B.H. Fairchild about his latest collection, Early Occult Memory Systems of the Lower Midwest. Fairchild was born in the small town of Liberal, Kan., and he discusses his new book and his background in the working-class Midwest. The book is published by W.W. Norton, November 2002.

President Bush is the subject of a new movie by director Oliver Stone. W. stars Josh Brolin as George W. Bush. The movie is Stone's version of how President Bush came to power and went to war. Stone says he has been fair to the president.

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Emory University Professor Andra Gillespie about Georgia's 6th Congressional district race between Lucy McBath and incumbent Karen Handel.

The House Jan. 6 committee will hold its eighth hearing Thursday night, focused on former President Trump's activities when he was out of public view for three hours during the attack on the Capitol.

Ray Epps is suing Fox for portraying him as an instigator of violence on Jan 6. 2021. He says he believed Fox that former President Donald Trump had been cheated of victory in the 2020 race.