Please note that the dates below indicate when the show was sent out for distribution. It could air up to a week later. Please consult your local listings for broadcast day and time.

January 1,2002 The unusual life of composer Don Carlo Gesualdo
January 7, 2002 Poetry by the Chinese writer Hanshan
January 14, 2002 Romantic lyrics of Lorenz Hart
January 21, 2002 The life of Vincent van Gogh
January 28, 2002 Letters from Leos Janacek to Kamila Stoesslova

February 4, 2002 Letters from the American Civil War
February 11, 2002 Letters from Anton Chekhov to Olga Knipper
February 18, 2002 The love between Marie d'Agoult and Franz Liszt
February 25, 2002 The life of Oscar Wilde

March 4, 2002 Submissions from the listeners of WQXR
March 11, 2002 Mona's favorite love letters
March 18, 2002 Submissions from listeners around the country
March 25, 2002 Poetry which inspired Rachmaninoff and other Russian poetry

April 1, 2002 Correspondence of Johannes Brahms and Clara Schumann
April 8, 2002 Poetry of Jorge Luis Borges
April 15, 2002 Poetry selected and read by violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg
April 22, 2002 Last correspondence between Leos Janacek and Kamila Stoesslova
April 29, 2002 Letters of Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper

May 6, 2002 Mona Golabek reads excerpts of her book, The Children of Willesden Lane
May 13, 2002 Ancient Egyptian Poetry
May 20, 2002 Poems selected and read by Van Cliburn
May 27, 2002 excerpts from Marie d'Agoult: The Rebel Countess, featuring guest Byron Janis

June 3, 2002 Selections from Chamber Music by James Joyce
June 10,2002 Selections from Coney Island of the Mind by Ferlinghetti
June 17, 2002 Excerpts from the diaries of Goethe
June 24, 2002 Love letters of Ludwig van Beethoven

July 1, 2002 Part II of excerpts from Marie d'Agoult: The Rebel Countess, featuring guest Byron Janis
July 8, 2002 Love poetry from around the world
July 15, 2002 poetry selected and read by flutist/television personality Eugenia Zukerman
July 22, 2002 Love letters of famous writers
July 29, 2002 More listener submissions from around the country

August 5, 2002 The story of Princess Ka'iulani
August 12, 2002 poems of Rainer Maria Rilke
August 19, 2002 love letters of Dylan Thomas
August 26, 2002 Letters of Anton Chekhov and Olga Knipper, Part 3

September 2, 2002 Letters and writings of the famous including, Benjamin Franklin
September 9, 2002 Poetry written and read by Dana Gioia
September 16, 2002 Songs of the Old West
September 23, 2002 More submissions from listeners
September 30, 2002 Dark Love (including Bram Stoker, Le Fanu, Poe, and Balzac)

October 7, 2002 Love letters of Dylan Thomas, Part II
October 14, 2002 The romantic life of Giacomo Puccini
October 21, 2002 A special program commemorating Hallowe'en
October 28, 2002 War letters from Nebraska

November 4, 2002 Love letters of the famous
November 11, 2002Amusing anecdotes about love
November 18, 2002Thanksgiving special
November 25, 2002Adaptation of the novel Aphrodite by Pierre Louys

December 2, 2002Guest Elmer Bernstein reads some of his favorite poetry
December 9, 2002A final program about Marie d'Agoult and Franz Liszt
December 16, 2002Thoughts of wisdom for the Holidays
December 23, 2002Excerpts from The Passionate Years by Caresse Crosby
December 30, 2002Guest Michael Feinstein reads some of his favorite lyrics