"I have made this letter longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter."
In honor of Valentine’s Day, we’re dipping into stories about love’s agonies and ecstasies from our archives. From secret fantasies to the body of the beloved to the feeling of language on the tongue, these writers explore the many things that make our hearts beat faster.
“At the moment of tripartite lovemaking, jealousy and desire compete with equal ferocity.”
—Gabriella Weiner’s chronically unfaithful protagonist finds satiation...
Writing was developed independently in Egypt, Mesopotamia, China, and among the Maya in Central America. There are some areas where the question as to whether writing was adopted or independently developed is in doubt, as at Easter Island.