Why We Stay Together: 25 Writers on Marriage and Its Rewards

In the Mood for Love Marriage at the crossroads is the subject of Why We Stay Together: 25 Writers on Marriage and Its Rewards, an anthology of essays, poetry and fiction about the critical moments that test marriages. The previously published pieces, selected by Jennifer Schwamm Willis (Explore: Stories of Survival From Off the Map), vary wildly in style, tone and genre. They are all, however, thoughtful, honest explorations of the travails and rewards of marriage. Excerpts from Pablo Neruda's 100 Love Sonnets, John Bayley's Elegy for Iris, and Thich Nhat Hahn's Teachings on Love are all here, alongside journalist Cheryl Jarvis's piece on taking a marriage sabbatical and psychotherapist Holly Hein on why infidelity occurs. (Mar.)