Stories
Putting Money on the Table – New York Times
Sunday, September 23rd, 2007By ALEX WILLIAMS Published: September 23, 2007 FOR Whitney Hess, a 25-year-old software designer in Manhattan, the tension that ultimately ended her recent relationships was all right there, in the digits on her pay stub. The awkwardness started with nights out. She would want to try the latest downtown bistro, but her boyfriends, who [...]
As Survivors, We Were Closer Than Lovers – New York Times
Tuesday, September 18th, 2007By CURTIS PESMEN Published: August 12, 2007 LESS than a minute after I arrived alone, on Amtrak from Manhattan, I knew this wasn’t going to be easy. My ex-girlfriend, who was being as gracious as she could be after enduring a couple of years of cancer and four (partly successful) combinations of chemotherapy, was [...]