Around the time of my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary, I turned to my father at the dinner table one night and said, “It’s amazing, Dad–50 years, and you never once had an affair. How do you account ...

In the mid-twentieth century, America’s marriage regime was legally restructured from a public to a private institution. Whereas at the American Founding marriage was itself a facet of public life ...

“This is precisely the time when artists go to work,” Toni Morrison wrote in 2004, after the re-election of George W. Bush. “Not when everything is fine, but in times of dread. That’s our job!” ...

Much has been said about love in literature. True love's first kiss will cure all. The greatest gift we have is love. Love is the most powerful magic. But Tayari Jones knows the truth: "How you feel ...

“I do not wish to see this country a country of selfish prosperity where those who enjoy the material prosperity think only of the selfish gratification of their own desires, and are content to import ...

Oprah Winfrey announced the latest pick for her legendarily popular book club Tuesday: “An American Marriage,” the new novel by Tayari Jones. In a video on her website, Winfrey praised the novel, ...