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
Years Ago, My Sister Vanished. I See Her Whenever I Want. | With Daisy Edgar-Jones
Sometimes It's Not You, Or The Math | With Laura Prepon
Your Stories of Love During The Pandemic: Part II
Modern Love Presents: Sugar Calling
Somewhere Inside, a Path to Empathy | With Daniel Radcliffe
Your Stories of Love During The Pandemic
How Bibliophiles Flirt | With Uzo Aduba
When Your Greatest Romance Is A Friendship | Encore
Modern Love Presents: Shipwrecked
Recognizing What They Had, 20 Years Too Late | With Gugu Mbatha-Raw
The Kindness, And Xanax, Of Strangers | With Lesley Manville
I Saw A Playhouse, My Daughter Saw A Jail | With Brian Cox
Just For Tonight, Pretend You Don't Know Me | With Nick Kroll
Tiny Love Stories For Valentine's Day
When Cupid Is A Prying Journalist | With Susan Kelechi Watson
Dedicated To Two Women | With Terry Crews
A Role I Was Born To Play | With Tan France
My Secret Left Me Unable To Help | With Jessalyn Gilsig
Take Me As I Am, Whoever I Am With Rebecca Hall | Encore
Need To Find Me? Ask My Ham Man. | With Jenny Slate
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