Quitting
Prologue.
Evan Harris was entrenched in her life, stalled and going nowhere both personally and professionally. A silly conversation with a co-worker about the letter "Q" led her to start a magazine called Quitter Quarterly. That one conversation changed her life completely.
Act One.
A story about quitting by Sandra Tsing Loh.
Act Two.
Ira explores the question of when it's time to quit a relationship through rare recordings of bickering between roommates—recorded by the next-door neighbors.
Act Three.
Lisa Buscani reads a two-part story about not being able to quit something or someone. The piece was written for This American Life.
Song: "The Calendar Song", Robert Metrick
Act Four
Dwight Okita reads the poem "Farewell Samba" from his book Crossing with the Light.
Ira Glass reads Philip Larkin's poem "Poetry of Departures."
