Tag Archives: Modern Love

‘Modern Love’ essay: the gift that keeps giving

Posted on September 16, 2019 by didaniel

The essay that keeps giving returns to the spotlight, in a manner of speaking. Modern Love editor Daniel Jones has revised his compilation of essays to coincide with the upcoming Amazon series based on the popular New York Times column. … Continue reading →

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Turn up the volume — the ‘Modern Love’ podcast is here!

Posted on October 12, 2017 by didaniel

So, OK, the podcast reading of my Modern Love essay is out! You can hear it in two places. If you go here you get the transcript and photos.  If you go to the original essay, there’s a button halfway … Continue reading →

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When the ‘Modern Love’ podcast comes calling

Posted on October 11, 2017 by didaniel

I got word in early August that WBUR in Boston, which puts together the “Modern Love” podcast, was going to use my 2011 essay about going through Lina’s transition. (The episode is “dropping” later today here, and since I’m six … Continue reading →

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‘Modern Love’ book spreads the word

Posted on February 4, 2014 by didaniel

I was thrilled to learn a few months ago that my New York Times “Modern Love” column would be referred to in “Love Illuminated: Exploring Life’s Most Mystifying Subject (with the Help of 50,000 Strangers),” by Daniel Jones, editor of … Continue reading →

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Our story inspires a song

Posted on June 18, 2013 by didaniel

When I received an email out of the blue from some dude named  David Lockwood saying he was a “singer/songwriter” making an album called “Modern Love,” partly inspired by essays in the column of the same name in the New … Continue reading →

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