In Real Life Arranged Marriage is No Joke
Devi S. Laskar considers the love and luck in her family’s legacy of arranged marriages
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A Marriage as Bleak as a Beach Town in Winter
"The Cape" from The Islands by Dionne Irving, recommended by CJ Hauser
Nov 2 2022 - Dionne Irving
Unlike Miss Havisham, I Chose To End My Marriage
How Charles Dickens’ beloved character gave me permission to take back and rebuild my life
Jan 27 2022 - Shannon Azzato Stephens
Fighting for My Marriage Came at Too High a Cost
The writings of Mary Oliver and May Sarton prepared my mother, and then me, to leave our husbands
Dec 9 2021 - Sara B. Franklin
The Last Story in a Long Marriage
"The Great Escape" from Today a Woman Went Mad in the Supermarket by Hilma Wolitzer, recommended by Roxana Robinson
Aug 25 2021 - Hilma Wolitzer
The Moment That Breaks a Marriage
Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney, author of "Good Company," on the turning point that no one sees coming
May 25 2021 - Carrie V. Mullins
Five Years of Marriage Threatened by One Line of Poetry
"Mrs. Spring Fragrance" by Sui Sin Far, originally published in 1912, recommended by C Pam Zhang
May 19 2021 - Sui Sin Far
A Quarantine Hobby to Stress Out Your Marriage
"Wild Ale" by SJ Sindu, recommended by Electric Literature
Dec 2 2020 - SJ Sindu
“Marriage Story” Shows Us the Pitfalls of Seeing Stories Through Men’s Eyes
How "Fleishman Is in Trouble" and "Fates and Furies" succeed where the movie fails
Feb 17 2020 - Seth D. Michaels
Shirley Jackson’s Unfinished Novel Revealed the Truth About Her Marriage
In her early and late works, the master of horror reflected her feelings about her long, troubled relationship
