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Breakups

Arts Music

It’s Not Too Late

I don’t want my part to get skipped over, but I still don’t know how to write directly about what went down between me and M. All I can do is worry a detail like an R&B singer worries a line.

Carina del Valle Schorske The Believer Aug 2020 10min Permalink

'I Believe in Love': Elizabeth Wurtzel’s Final Year, In Her Own Words

The difficult final year of a much-loved and legendarily difficult woman.

Elizabeth Wurtzel Gen Jan 2020 20min Permalink

Fiction

Fiction Pick of the Week: "It Falls Away Slowly"

Two men examine their breakup.

Brandon Taylor Chicago Literati Dec 2015 Permalink

Food

The Chef Who Saved My Life

The author was living in a friend’s basement after a bad breakup, unable to eat. Then he had lunch with Jacques Pépin.

Brett Martin GQ Jul 2015 20min Permalink

Arts Music

The Invisible Woman

A conversation with Björk about Vulnicura, her new—and confessional—album about her recent break-up with Matthew Barney.

Jessica Hopper Pitchfork Jan 2015 Permalink