No, even if it ends in pain. In this week’s Modern Love essay, the writer Kerry Egan argues that “No Love Is Ever Wasted.” We want to hear your stories. Here’s how to submit a Modern Love ...

Find out how Mr. Frazer brought his father out of his shell, and back into the world, in this week’s delightful Modern Love essay, “How My Father and I Drew a New Life. We want to hear your ...

"Love" is the theme of the latest “Fast-Told Tales,” short essays (200 words or fewer) by readers of the Fast Forward newsletter.

40 Powerful James Baldwin Quotes on Love, Freedom, and Equality. rd.com, Getty Images. ... essays, and plays. (You may know If Beale Street Could Talk, Notes of a Native Son, ...

Life is so fragile and improbable. I don’t know what it’s like to have a dirt-bee’s heart. But for my human one, love hard is the takeaway that matters. Love recklessly. Love now. Related video: ...

Dancyger kept that promise. Her latest book, First Love: Essays on Friendship—out now from Dial Press—is a tender, unswerving homage to her found family, but also an insightful study of ...

FIRST LOVE: Essays on Friendship. By Lilly Dancyger. Dial Press. 224 pages. $28. Who means more to you — your friends or your lovers? In a vivid, thoughtful and nuanced collection of essays ...