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
Despite The Losses, So Much Gained | With Marsha Stephanie Blake
In A Charmed Life, A Road Less Traveled | With Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
The Night Girl Finds A Day Boy | With Logan Browning
Could We Try Again? | With Marcia Cross
He's Playing Our Song | With Amanda Seyfried
At What Age Is Love Enthralling? | With Jessica Walter
A Tattoo For The Living | With Zosia Mamet
An Empty Heart | With Zoe Lister-Jones | Encore
An Affection Multiplier | With Zachary Quinto
Platonic, Until Death Do Us Part | With John Cameron Mitchell
Encore | The Doorman With Cecily Strong
Misery Loves Fried Chicken | With William Jackson Harper
What Luck Means Now | With Jacki Weaver
We Survived The Storm | With Ginnifer Goodwin
The Wisdom Of The Moving Man | With Lake Bell
Agreeing To Accept And Move On | With Sarah Goldberg
Love Means Never Having To Say ... Anything | With Pedro Pascal
Talking to My Fiancé About My New Girlfriend | With DeWanda Wise
Race Wasn't An Issue To Him, Which Was An Issue To Me | With Lorraine Toussaint
Encore | Sharing The Shame With Anna Chlumsky
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