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Marginalia: Peter Coviello

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When Peter Coviello was a young college professor, he fell in love, got married, and became a step parent. When that marriage fell apart, he suffered the heartbreak of that failed marriage but more profoundly--the heartbreak of potentially losing a connection with his step daughters. 

In his book, Long Players, Coviello looks at his attempts to work through that time using music as a guidebook. I spoke with Peter Coviello via Skype about his love story in eighteen songs.

Here’s our conversation:

And if you listened to the commentary on-air, this is what you heard:

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Peter Coviello | Marginalia, the commentary

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Long Players: A Love Story in Eighteen Songs by Peter Coviello was published by Penguin Books.

Marginalia was produced at KMUW Wichita.

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Editors: Lu Anne Stephens and Haley Crowson
Producer: Beth Golay

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Beth Golay is KMUW's Director of Marketing and Digital Content. She is the host of the KMUW podcast Marginalia and co-host with Suzanne Perez of the Books & Whatnot podcast. You can find her on Wichita Transit in conversation with other riders for En Route, a monthly segment on KMUW's weekly news program The Range.