The New York Times’ Modern Love column is an institution. It falls at the top of many writers’ bucket lists, and there are even classes — several! — about how to write your own. So, when someone writes two Modern Loves, well, that feels like a huge feat. And when that someone is a writer who you have worked with before and whose essays you love, well, even better.
Yes, we’re talking about Elizabeth Laura Nelson and her recent Modern Love — about meeting her current boyfriend through her best friend, brief lover and, ahem, the subject of her first ML — you can read here if you haven’t already.
And if you want to read the piece she wrote for us — exploring similar themes and people! — you can head here for that.
With her piece top of mind, we wanted to re-share our interview with her in which she talks all about her first Modern Love journey. Watch above to find out Elizabeth’s tricks to submitting, what the whole process was like and more.
Open Book recordings are usually for paying subscribers, but we’re making this one free for a limited time so everyone can check it out. If you feel inclined to become a paying subscriber to support all the independent content we create — and that we’ve been creating since 2013! — we would so greatly appreciate it. Thank you for considering! 🙏❤️🥳
