When Daniel Jones started the Modern Love column in 2004, he opened the call for submissions and hoped the idea would catch on. Twenty years later, over a thousand Modern Love essays have been published in The New York Times, and the column is a trove of real-life love stories.
Dan has put so much of himself into editing the column over the years, but as he tells our host, Anna Martin, the column has influenced him, too. Today, Dan shares three Modern Love essays that have changed the way he thinks about love and relationships in his own life.
Also, Anna announces the beginning of a special series of episodes celebrating Modern Love’s 20th anniversary.
The Modern Love essays mentioned in this episode are:
One Bouquet of Fleeting Beauty, Please
Nursing a Wound in an Appropriate Setting
My First Lesson in Motherhood
Emily Ratajkowski Can Take Care of Herself, but a Little Help Would Be Nice
Laufey, Gen Z’s Pop Jazz Icon, Sings for the Anxious Generation
Why John Magaro of ‘Past Lives’ Could Never Love a Picky Eater
Esther Perel on What the Other Woman Knows
The Second Best Way to Get Divorced, According to Maya Hawke
How to Be Real With Your Kids
Why Samin Nosrat Is Now ‘Fully YOLO’
Brittany Howard Sings Through the Pangs of New Love
Novelist Celeste Ng on the Big Power of Little Things
Modern Love at the Movies: Our Favorite Oscar-Worthy Love Stories
A Politics Reporter Walks Into a Singles Mixer
Author Read: Un-Marry Me!
Un-Marry Me!
I Married My Subway Crush
Author Read: I Married My Subway Crush
Author Read: Our 34-Year Age Gap Didn’t Matter, Until It Did
Our 34-Year Age Gap Didn’t Matter, Until It Did
Author Read: Two Boys on Bikes, Falling in Love
Two Boys on Bikes, Falling in Love
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