Romance is in the air, tempting the imagination. Stirring tales of love, longing and desire. A great gift for your loved ones. • Rick Bass's "Fires"

• performed by Ted Marcoux

• In the Rockies, a woman sets fire to a parched field to take the plunge into the pool of love. • Padgett Powell's "The Winnowing of Mrs. Schuping"

• performed by Christina Pickles

• An eccentric southern dame cleans up her act and finds love. • Laurie Colwin's "The Lone Pilgrim"

• performed by Hope Davis

• A New York artist longs for love and marital domesticity. • E. Nesbit's "Melisande"

• performed by Jane Curtin

• A delicious fairy tale about a princess with a terrible curse. • Edna O'Brien's "Violets"

• performed by Fionnula Flanagan

• A subtle portrait of a woman caught in an impossible affair. • Maile Meloy's "Travis, B."

• performed by William Hurt

• A Western love story between a lonesome cowboy and a city gal.

© 2024 Symphony Space (Lydbog): 9781467663465

Release date

Lydbog: 1. maj 2024