La Otra By Longreads Feature When a woman and her daughter moved in next door, Jaquira Díaz found her world was suddenly turned upside down.
A Woman’s Work: Home Economics* (*I Took Woodworking Instead) By Carolita Johnson Feature Carolita Johnson tallies the costs and benefits of love and cohabitation as a woman artist living in a patriarchy.
The Cold War and its Fallout By Vincent Czyz Feature A son approaching middle age looks back on a volatile relationship with his father.
A True (Non-Hierarchical, Shared) Love By Mithila Phadke Feature Journalist Mithila Phadke navigates polyamory while falling in love for the first time.
Captive Audience By Longreads Feature When you live alongside anything for a long time — any person, any character, any narrative structure, any screen flicker — you become a part of it and it becomes a part of you.
The Friend That Got Away By Beverly Donofrio Feature Beverly Donofrio looks back on a friendship she hadn’t expected to make — or to lose.
The Man in the Mirror By Alison Kinney Feature In the aftermath of rape, Alison Kinney discovers that a new lover who helps you to heal can just as easily betray you.
Black Disabled Wonder Women Need Love, Too By muteiny Feature Britney Wilson considers the lessons she learned while taking a risk on romance.
Cataloguing the Detritus of Relationships Past By Sari Botton Highlight Essayist Leslie Jamison visits Zagreb’s Museum of Broken Relationships.
Inadvertent Matchmaker Seeks a Love of Her Own By Sari Botton Commentary I was introducing all my friends, but had no idea how to be in a good relationship.
A Finder, No Longer a Keeper By Jenny Klion Feature How finding someone else’s engagement ring helped Jenny Klion let go of her own.
Politics as a Defense Against Heartbreak By Minda Honey Feature Minda Honey assesses the deliberate choices and external factors affecting her dating life.
From One Friendship, Lessons on Life, Death, AIDS, and Childlessness By S. Kirk Walsh Feature S. Kirk Walsh reflects on her friendship with a gay man battling AIDS — how he taught her to grieve her own infertility, and live life more fully.
What to Do With a Man Who Has a Story, and a Gun By Lisa Romeo Feature Lisa Romeo recalls her first college romance, when she was willing to overlook a lot — until she wasn’t.
Fake It Till You Make It By Sari Botton Commentary On the pressure to pretend there’s no fallout after your parents’ divorce.
The Red Zone: A Love Story By Chloe Caldwell Feature A severe form of PMS puts Chloe Caldwell’s new relationship to the test.
The Uncanny Valley of Online Dating By Danielle Tcholakian Highlight Dating after a Big Love ends never feels quite right. What do big loves leave us with, and what do they take?
How to Say You Maybe Don’t Want to Be Married Anymore By Sarah Bregel Feature Sarah Bregel takes a close look at her marriage after two kids, and wonders, how hard is too hard?
How to Replace a Ghost By Alana Massey Feature En route to a wedding, Alana Massey is haunted by the ghosts of relationships past.
Language Acquisition By Diana Spechler Feature Diana Spechler recalls fleeing her life in New York City for a new one with a painter in his village in central Mexico.
Roast Duck Soup for the Chinese-American Daughter’s Soul By Su-Jit Feature Food writer Su-Jit Lin contemplates the role of a favorite dish in her relationship with her immigrant chef father.
The Whistleblower in the Family By Aaron Gilbreath Feature After her father was arrested for fraud, Pearl Abraham began the the slow, painful process of unraveling her Hasidic family ties.
Can Love Sparked at Burning Man Last in Everyday Life? By Maria Finn Feature Maria Finn tries to make sense of the euphoric love she experienced at the annual festival in Black Rock City, while she was grieving her brother’s suicide.
Why the Most Beautiful Poems Defy Understanding By Krista Stevens Highlight “In a poem, we feel what is there, but also what is not.”
Scarred by a Rubber Doll By Pam Mandel Highlight “I’ll never go back to dating a real woman again — no matter what happens.”
Flying Solo By Jen Doll Feature Jen Doll tries to make sense of a breakup that happened the day before a romantic vacation — and blindsided her in the same ways the presidential election did.
Becoming Estranged from My Family ‘Was the Best Thing for Me’ By Jessica Gross Feature Jessica Berger Gross on what it means to sever ties with your family.
When it Takes Being Thrown to Learn How to Land By Joanne Solomon Feature An aerialist flies off her bike on the Manhattan Bridge, altering the course of her journey.
Another Tech Casualty: Dating By Pam Mandel Commentary “I’ve lived in Seattle for seven years, single most of them. The only thing that has changed is the increase in men I’d never want to go out on a date with.”
White Men By Longreads Feature What do we get from our parents? An inheritance always comes with a tax.
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