Before Celeste Ng became a best-selling author, she had a side hustle selling miniatures on eBay — dollhouse-size recreations of food were her specialty. Even after the publication of “Little Fires Everywhere,” “Everything I Never Told You,” and, most recently, “Our Missing Hearts,” Celeste still makes tiny things — now, as a hobby. She’s come to realize the parallels between making small things and writing: Both give her a chance to look closely at the world.
Today, Celeste kicks off our special podcast series, which celebrates 20 years of the Modern Love column, by reading Betsy MacWhinney’s essay “Bringing a Daughter Back From the Brink With Poems.” She discusses her own deep-rooted relationship to poetry — and the lessons, large and small, that poems can offer parents and children in uncertain times.
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Right Swipes, Big City
Confessions of a Late Bloomer
A Mother’s Wild, Extravagant Love
Beyond Girlfriend-Boyfriend
When You Think You Know Your Parents
Married to a Deal Breaker
The ‘Ham Sandwich’ Effect
First Love Mixtape
Loving Across Borders
The Upside of Our Parents' Divorce
When His Shorts Are Just Too Tight
When Two Open Marriages Collide
The Right to Fail at Marriage
Was It Me or Our Astrology?
Trapped in a Romance Scam
Meet Cute at Zero Years Old
She Left Me There
Why Do People Get Married?
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