Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words.

When a man says "I love you, can't live without you," his words might hide genuine love, vulnerability, or dependency.

It can be helpful to make a list of things you want in a romantic partner, and it can be equally beneficial to throw that ...

In the second episode of Jane Austen’s Paper Trail, we speak to Austen experts about her views on love, and the role of ...

When Cleveland poet Philip Metres was a senior in AP English at Wilmette, Illinois’ Loyola Academy in 1987, he was assigned a ...

The haunting new show from Vince Gilligan, who created Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul, is set in Gilligan's now-signature ...

When asked about her favorite poem from The Lavender, Alexander named “Shoresh Means Root” by Yael Ezry ’26 as the one that ...

Life-affirming, love-affirming, and deeply, beautifully joyful—we need such antidotes to remind us of the magic that remains with us in small and large acts of generosity. The Reader is free.

shielded in valleys. Love, may we make this day. Love, give me lips and noses, skin parting tangy skin.

The Psalms in Medieval Art and Life” is on display through Jan. 4, 2026, at the Morgan Library and Museum in New York.