Like "This Is a Love Story," Lauren Groff's novel "Fates and Furies" takes a look at a long-term relationship, and features ...

In 1997, for example, Vivian Gornick wrote that love was no longer the primary narrative conflict of contemporary literature. Her provocative argument—that cynicism, sadness, and cultural fatigue have ...

A Love Story,” Vi stumbles upon a “beige gelatin splotch” with mouth, eyes and lips, takes it home, feeds it and helps it ...