Stories about couples that all take place decades after that moment their eyes first meet.
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Prologue
Richard Klein of Cornell University explains that the way we view love really began with love poems in the 13th century — an illusion. (7 minutes)
Act One
Before And After
Richard Bausch reads his story Letter to the Lady of the House. (25 minutes)
Act Two
I Met Him In The Yogurt Store, And Now He Is Not My Leader Of The Pack
Linda Howard and Richard Bloom, in Boca Raton Florida, had been married years when she started flirting with another man. (7 minutes)
Act Three
Without
Poet Donald Hall reads about his wife Jane Kenyon, who contracted leukemia, went through treatment, and died. His book is also called Without: Poems. (18 minutes)
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