love affair

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Inara George looks back on it now as wistfully as someone remembering a love affair or a semester abroad.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 20, 2026

The novel dramatizes the 1950s New York love affair between a newly arrived Jewish refugee, Ilka Weissnix, and a prominent black intellectual named Carter Bayoux.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

In an interview published to mark Massie's retirement as The Scotsman's chief literary critic, David Robinson outlined what he called the author's "love affair" with the paper, as well as the scale of his output.

From BBC • Feb. 3, 2026

It doesn’t hurt that I’m having a love affair with my pink phone.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2026

How could I write about life when I'd never had a love affair or a baby or even seen anybody die?

From "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath