Modern love: The complete college essays
All the finalists for the Modern Love College Essay Contest are officially up (and listed in order below). I find it a fascinating tour. These essays yearn for that connection between people that is deep and filled with passion – desires as old as the first love story. But the old definitions of relationships don’t [...]
Modern love: The college essay contest
Right before Valentine’s Day, The New York Times asked college students to comment on their views about love. Last week, the winning essay, “Want to Be My Boyfriend? Please Define”, was published in the Modern Love column. Fascinating. Disturbing. And not surprising that the old myths of romance and roses seem to have changed. Is this essay a [...]
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