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Single in the 21st Century: Is It Really Easier Now?

In the 1960s and 1970s, we were less enamored of marriage and more serious about creating community, E. Kay Trimberger points out.

The publication of Kate Bolick’s Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own in 2015 inspired a whole wave of reviews, personal essays, and think pieces, including…

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Bella DePaulo

“America’s foremost thinker and writer on the single experience,” according to the Atlantic. Author of “Singled Out.” Harvard PhD www.belladepaulo.com