Modern Love (Times Column)

April 18, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘I Would Shamefully Lower My Gaze’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. To See Clearly When people see my 20-year-old son George holding my hand, […]
April 11, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘What the Ukrainian Grandmothers Have Written’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Ukrainian Springtime Love Song At my Ukrainian grandmother’s house in Chicago, circa 1970, […]
April 4, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Several Failed First Dates’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Winter Reminiscence Miles into our icy hike, Daniel removed his gloves to warm […]
March 28, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Not an Ode to Breasts’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. From Fake Flirtation to Real Romance It was one of those Los Angeles […]
March 21, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Her Gifts Drove Me Crazy — Then Guilty’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Pearls of Wisdom Every birthday, my Filipino grandmother gave me pearls: necklaces, earrings, […]
March 14, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Deceptively Sunny Day’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Opposites and All That My best friend Maya is messy and stomps around […]
March 14, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘The Deceptively Sunny Day’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. Opposites and All That My best friend Maya is messy and stomps around […]
March 7, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘We Could Have Been Friends’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. ‘Is Love Weird?’ Every month, my mother, father, sister and I would drive […]
February 21, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘This Man Who Shattered My Life’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. A Note From a Stranger I sat crying in a Nashville emergency room, […]
February 14, 2023

Tiny Love Stories: ‘Where Is Your Valentine Tonight?’

Modern Love in miniature, featuring reader-submitted stories of no more than 100 words. My Van Halen Valentine Van Halen’s “Hot for Teacher” played in my mind […]