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Valentine's Day '97
Originally aired 02.07.1997
For Valentine's Day, stories about our parents falling in love. And troubles with their love. From Hilton Als, Scott Carrier, Julie Showalter, a magazine column called Men My Mother Dated and others. The idea for this show was inspired by Delmore Schwartz's classic 1937 work of American fiction about his parents' courtship: In Dreams Begin Responsibilities and Other Stories.
Ira reads from In Dreams Begin Responsibilities. (7 minutes)
Brett Leveridge reads from his column for Might magazine, which he turned into the book Men My Mother Dated and Other Mostly True Tales. (9 minutes)
A story by Bia Lowe. (12 minutes)
Writer Julie Showalter on her parents' romance.
More Men My Mother Dated stories from Brett Leveridge.
(7 minutes)Song: "I Got a Crush on You", Jenny Magnus
Hilton Als reads an excerpt from his book The Women. (12 minutes)
Reporter Scott Carrier and his eleven-year-old daughter Jesse. Scott wrote Running After Antelope. (8 minutes)
