Below are three short memoir articles published in the popular 15 year old Modern Love column in the New York Times.
“Let’s Meet Again in Five Years,” “When Your Main Man is Your Doorman” and, “You May Want to Marry My Husband.” This last story went viral when it first came out.
There is also the recent COVID-19 love story (trigger warning-sad): When It’s Your Ex or No One for Months.
In addition to the regular Modern Love column, there is also a 100 word Tiny Love Stories column.
Anyone can submit to these columns, by the way! Save your words and submit. You can write about your story or a love story from your family. Read more to get ideas. Also available (though not required reading for this class) are tips for writing memoir from the column’s editor, Daniel Jones here. This is a lengthy resource as there are 39 of them and are good writing tips in general.
Make sure to activate your City Tech New York Times account! You should not have to pay to read these resources.