All writers in this collection speak for themselves—and themselves alone.
New Yorker staff writer David Owen explores some reasons why panda bears living in captivity have problems reproducing.
Cause & Effect • Love & Relationships • Third Person • Discussion Questions & Writing Prompts • Connect with Author
The two most common reasons for a relationship to fail are money issues and communication problems. Washington Post personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary posits the problem is usually a fusion of the two—a lack of communication about financial matters—and offers suggestions to avoid a potential relationship disaster.
Process Analysis • Love & Relationships • Mixed Person • Discussion Questions & Writing Prompts • Connect with Author
Writers Reihan Salam and Will Wilkinson use humor as they compare a spouse to a PS3, looking at the economic ramifications of both.
Analogy • Love & Relationships • Mixed Person • Discussion Questions & Writing Prompts • Connect with Salam | with Wilkinson
Reporter Chinki Sinha describes the lives of women who work in a red-light district in Mumbai, India.
Description • Love & Relationships • Third Person • Discussion Questions & Writing Prompts • Connect with Author
Although foodie Claire Berger entertains the idea of dating men, in this essay she explains that her current relationship is with food.
Analogy • Love & Relationships • First Person • Discussion Questions & Writing Prompts
In this nineteeth century essay, writer William Hazlitt argues that hatred of others is at bottom hatred of self.
Argument & Persuasion • Love & Relationships • First Person • Discussion Questions & Writing Prompts
Writer Abby Sher, a 40-year-old mother, writes about her young daughter learning to deal with death.
Narration • Love & Relationships • First Person • Discussion Questions & Writing Prompts • Connect with Author
In the video for the song "Same Love," hip hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis argue for marriage equality.
Argument & Persuasion • Love & Relationships • First Person • Discussion Questions & Writing Prompts • Connect with Authors
Judith Newman, Gus's mother, movingly demonstrates that modern interactions via technology aren't all bad.
Narration • Love & Relationships • First Person • Discussion Questions & Writing Prompts • Connect with Author
Michel de Montaigne, writing in the seventeenth century, expands upon eros and marriage and other human problems.
Cause & Effect • Love & Relationships • First Person • Discussion Questions & Writing Prompts
In the process of giving up her child for adoption, Leigh Anne Tani reflects on her own adoption into a family.
Example & Illustration • Love & Relationships • First Person • Discussion Questions & Writing Prompts