Daniel Jones

Reading some 200,000 love stories has taught me a few lessons about love and life. Here are the ones that help me most.

The popular column, which began in 2004, has become a podcast, a book and an Amazon Prime streaming series. Here are some of its greatest hits.

In 2008, Terri Cheney went public about her mental illness. The essay led to a new career as a writer and an episode of the ‘Modern Love’ television series starring Anne Hathaway.

A platonic connection with her doorman inspired Julie Margaret Hogben’s 2015 essay about navigating the rough seas of dating and motherhood. So how are she, her daughter and Guzim doing now?

Ann Leary’s 2013 essay explored a ‘crisis’ in her marriage to the actor Denis Leary. They just celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary.

What’s Modern Love? A Column. A Book. A Podcast. And Now, a Television Show. (Published 2019)

The editor of the series attempts to answer some of the prevalent questions about love he has observed Americans asking recently.