My Happy, Childless Marriage
Rachel Shukert is the author of Have You No Shame? And Other Regrettable Stories. Her new book, Everything Is Going To Be Great, will be published in August by Harper Perennial. Follow her on Twitter.
A new study is being hailed as proof that kids make a marriage stronger. Rachel Shukert on what the researchers got wrong-and what people with kids should never say to childless couples.
When motorcycle maniac Jesse James whispered something in his wife Sandra Bullock's ear earlier this month, before she took the stage to accept her...
How Not to Marry the Wrong Man
Anne Milford is co-author of the forthcoming How Not to Marry the Wrong Guy: Is He the One or Should You Run? (Broadway/Random House, May 2010). Milford writes and speaks extensively on the subject of dating and relationships. For more information visit coldfeetpress.com.
Jennifer Gauvain is co-author of the forthcoming How Not to Marry the Wrong Guy: Is He the One or Should You Run? (Broadway/Random House, May 2010). Gauvain works as a marriage and family therapist with clients around the country. For more information visit their blog at coldfeetpress.com.
On the day when love is on everyone's mind, Anne Milford and Jennifer Gauvain have some the tough questions about whether you're in the right relationship-and how to avoid marriage disaster.
Give Up on Mr. Perfect?
Liesl Schillinger is a New York-based writer and literary critic whose work has appeared in The New York Times, The New Yorker, New York magazine, The Washington Post, the New Republic, The London Independent on Sunday, and other publications here and abroad.
In her provocative new book, Lori Gottlieb says women should just settle and give up trying to find the right man. Liesl Schillinger defends single women.
Do I Have to Read Committed?
William Boot covered the war in Ishmaelia and wrote the Lush Places column for The Daily Beast. He now reviews bestsellers.
The Daily Beast's William Boot reviews bestsellers to see which, if any, are readable. This week: Elizabeth Gilbert's Committed.
Why We're Not Getting Married
Hannah Seligson is a journalist. Her book, A Little Bit Married: How to Know When It’s Time to Walk Down the Aisle or Out the Door, which spotlights and uncovers a major trend in dating today, the long-term unmarried relationship, will be published by Da Capo Press on Jan. 15.
For the under-40 set, marriage just seems unnecessary and constricting. Hannah Seligson on why her generation isn't ready to tie the knot.
The Best of Brit Lit
Peter Stothard's latest book is On the Spartacus Road: A Spectacular Journey Through Ancient Italy. He is also the author of Thirty Days, a Downing Street diary of his time with British Prime Minister Tony Blair during the Iraq war.
A look at great reads from the editor of the Times Literary Supplement. This week: a new look at how the English have loved and married over the centuries, a sweeping survey of the Great Depression's cultural landmarks, and the final years of Orwell's diaries.
As vice chairman of Public Strategies and president of Maverick Media, Mark McKinnon has helped meet strategic challenges for candidates, corporations and causes, including George W. Bush, John McCain, Governor Ann Richards, Charlie Wilson, Lance Armstrong, and Bono.
Divya Gugnani is the CEO and founder of BehindtheBurner.com, an emerging culinary media brand that creates expert-based content about food, wine, mixology, and nutrition.
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