The spirit of Valentine’s Day, like February itself, is best kept short and sweet. On the occasion of a notoriously ...

The provocation we receive from today’s reading is not an indictment but an invitation. We are forgetful simply because we are human. I believe this image of God’s grieved heart offers us a chance to ...

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

This 1813 text is one of the most famous romances in the English literary canon, with over 4 million ratings on Goodreads.