The valentine was written in bSt/b.-Rémy, not for Valentine's Day, which is hardly the only occasion for a love poem. For Stein, the occasion was the publication of Geography and Plays in December 1922. She was indebted to Sherwood ... From A bGertrude/b Stein Reader, Northwestern University Press, 1993. These sound recordings are being made available for noncommercial and educational use only. All rights to this recorded material belong to the bEstate/b of bGertrude/b Stein. ...