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February 7, 1997

Valentine’s Day ‘97

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.

Brian R. Byrnes

Prologue

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Ira reads from In Dreams Begin Responsibilities. (7 minutes)

Lighten Up

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Brett Leveridge

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)

Mom, Dad, Bats

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A story by Bia Lowe. (12 minutes)

It's Not the Heat

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Julie Showalter

Writer Julie Showalter on her parents' romance. (7 minutes)

Song:

“I Got a Crush on You” by Jenny Magnus

Negress

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Hilton Als reads an excerpt from his book The Women. (12 minutes)

Parent And Child

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Reporter Scott Carrier and his eleven-year-old daughter Jesse. Scott wrote Running After Antelope. (8 minutes)