God Comes with a Hair Dryer by Anandi Kar is an anthology of poems brimming with nostalgia, resilience, and a yearning for ...

Always have a person in your life with whom you can share all your secrets' For me, you were that person, dadi ...

By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

Happy couples love to watch romance movies on Valentine’s Day and with good reason. They get to see their story played out on ...

In 1997, for example, Vivian Gornick wrote that love was no longer the primary narrative conflict of contemporary literature.

Becky and Benny were childhood sweethearts who went their separate ways in college. Now, she is his wife and caretaker as he battles Alzheimer's.

In a society so concerned with sex and relationships, romantic love is often placed on a pedestal — especially around ...

If you've found yourself alone and without a date this Valentine's day, these three sad country songs will remind you that you're not alone.

Michael Longley, the last survivor of a remarkable triumvirate of Northern Irish poets that included Seamus Heaney and Derek Mahon, who was celebrated for the meditative beauty of his compact lyrics, ...

Glyn Maxwell's "Stargazing" embodies the essence of human love. Not flashy, boasting or indulgent, but simple, beautiful and ...

Ahead of the publication of her new novel, Dream Count, Chimamanda Ngozie Adichie tells the story of her first love.

Volunteers in Loveland will stamp over 100,000 pieces of mail coming from all over the world with a custom poem leading up to ...