After a decades-long standoff with the last resident of a communal apartment, a private museum has finally opened in Brodsky’s shared home in St. Petersburg, a rare grass-roots victory in Russia.
Tag Archives: Friendship
Race Manners: Dealing with Creepy Questions about Race
You can’t assume you know how your friend will feel about these questions. Your first step should be to find out.
We Weren’t Happy Before the Pandemic, Either
Covid-19 has forced us to take a close look at our lives. Many of us don’t like what we see.
On Embracing Faith, or Rejecting It
Readers react to Ross Douthat’s invitation to “think yourself into” religious faith. Also: Working mothers; how to make friends.
Now Going Viral: Meeting Online Friends in Real Life
Marissa Meizz became a TikTok meme after her friends excluded her from a birthday party. She decided to do something about it.
What We Are Not Teaching Boys About Being Human
It turns out that there is a bizarre absence of fully realized human beings in my sons’ fictional worlds.
How to Channel Your Inner Olympic Coach
Here are a few tips to help motivate those around you to persevere and succeed.
Love Letter: Finding Unconditional Love in a Plush World
And: Legally married at last.
Ron Lieber: Invest in the People You Love
If you’re emerging from the pandemic in better financial shape than before, ask yourself this: What will you spend to renew your bonds, and how will you do it?
Using Apps to Find Friends After Quarantine
Lonely after emerging from quarantine or in a new city? Apps, private clubs and social networks are ready to fix you up with a new bestie.
Why Teens Need a Break This Summer
The pandemic has been the psychological workout of their lives. The next few months can be a time of recovery.
How to Rearrange Your Post-Pandemic ‘Friendscape’
Re-entry offers an opportunity to choose which relationships we wish to resurrect and which are better left dormant.
The Great Unmasking
After Covid, a better life is possible.
So You Want to End the Conversation?
So do most people, a recent study found. Plus: amblypigids, a company called Covid, and other staff recommendations in the weekend edition of the Science Times newsletter.
It Might Be Time to Break Up Your Pandemic Pod
Yes, you really need to start seeing other people.
Dunbar’s Number Debunked: You Can Have More Than 150 Friends
A new study questions that figure, known as Dunbar’s number. The Oxford professor for whom it is named, Robin Dunbar, dismissed the findings as “absolutely bonkers.”
When Grown-Ups Have Imaginary Friends
“Parasocial relationships” explain why you think influencers are your pals.
From Best Friends to Platonic Spouses
Some people are taking their friendships to the next level by saying “I do” to marriages without sex.
If You Don’t Want to Go, Say No
Most social obligations would be best left in the Before Times.
The Pandemic Shrank Our Social Circles. Let’s Keep It That Way.
You don’t need to rekindle your friendship with your kid’s soccer teammate’s father if you don’t want to.
Michael Musto, Lynn Yaeger and Mickey Boardman: Friends for Life
The longtime crew has been all around New York together and witnessed the city remake itself time and again. What’s endured is its members’ bonds with one another.
Bryan Washington on His Going-Out Friends
In a year without access to queer spaces, one writer considers the importance of the bonds they helped form.
Suzan-Lori Parks Gets the Band Back Together
Though she’s best known as a playwright, Suzan-Lori Parks is always looking to evolve as an artist — and derives a particular joy from performing her songs with and for others.
The Joy Ai Weiwei Gets From His Cats
The artist Ai Weiwei is inspired by the resilience and self-contentment of his beloved cats.
David Oyelowo, Cynthia Erivo on Navigating Hollywood
How a group of Black British actors have supported one another’s careers and bonded over shared experiences.
Jessica Rankin and Julie Mehretu Were Partners, Then Friends
Two artists who’ve stayed close, even as the terms of their relationship have evolved.
How a New Friendship Has Gotten Nan Goldin Through the Pandemic
An artist and a writer who, despite being at different stages of their lives, have forged a deep bond.
Bowen Yang Misses Partying With His Friends at Bubble_T
For three years, the comedian Bowen Yang found community at Bubble_T, New York’s roving hub for queer Asian nightlife. Then the pandemic hit.
Natasha Lyonne and Chloë Sevigny, Best Friends Forever
Natasha Lyonne and Chloë Sevigny got to know each other while making films in the late ’90s, when they were both coming up as actresses. They’ve been inseparable ever since.
In Rina Sawayama, Elton John Found a Collaborator and a Friend
The rising star and established icon who’ve discovered they have a lot in common.
The Singers Who Long to Share A Stage Again
After a year apart, the Afro-Brazilian musicians Larissa Luz, Luedji Luna and Xenia França are looking forward to a reunion.
A History of Great Friendships
With good friends, as with great art, our sense of the world is challenged and transformed.
Parents, Stop Talking About the ‘Lost Year’
Teenagers and tweens will be fine, experts say — if adults model resilience.
Learning to Connect With My Male Friends
For some men, long-term, meaningful relationships are harder to build and maintain into adulthood.
Do We Even Need Friends, After the Pandemic?
The pandemic shrank many social circles to a skeleton crew. Maybe that’s not such a bad thing.
I Don’t Want Another Family to Lose a Child the Way We Did
The thought of suicide is terrifying, but we have to make talking about it a part of everyday life.
A Year Without Our Work Friends
What the absence of day-to-day connections showed us about how we spent our days.
Snapshots From a Swimming Friendship
In this year of sorrow, plunging into the water has been essential for me and for my friend with cancer.
‘Our Goal is That No Lemurs Live Alone’
At the Duke Lemur Center, an innovative plan to keep the animals social late in life: pair them with lemurs of another species.
Show and Tell: 4 Picture Books About Friendship
Overcoming shyness and isolation via notes, pictures and a pine cone.
In Our Pandemic Isolation, Every Death Is a Covid Death
Even a cancer death like my friend’s is subject to one of the most brutal cruelties of the pandemic: Being apart.
The Science of Changing Someone’s Mind
Don’t try to change someone else’s mind. Instead, help them find their own motivation to change.
Helping a Teen Who Is Angry About House Rules on Covid
Our grandson’s friends don’t socialize safely, so we don’t want him to see them. How do we keep his anger about it from causing chaos in our home?
Book Review: ‘We Need to Hang Out,’ by Billy Baker
In “We Need to Hang Out,” Billy Baker dissects the perils of isolation and the very real struggle to connect.
Making New Friends During a Pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic has profoundly disrupted some social circles. Here’s what experts and new pals have to say about making, and maintaining, pandemic friends.
How to Get More From Your Pandemic Bubble
Social bubbles have helped us cope with the restrictions of Covid-19. For today’s Well Challenge, look to your pandemic pod to inspire and motivate you toward a healthier and happier life.
For a Healthier 2021, Keep the Best Habits of a Very Bad Year
Our 7-Day Well Challenge will show you how to build on the healthy habits you learned during pandemic life.
2020 Was One Big Stress Test
The pandemic gave us an unwelcome chance to find out what we missed, what we could do without — and how much risk we are willing to take.
In a Pandemic Fairy Tale, a Garden Leads to a Magical Friendship
A 4-year-old girl coping with the loneliness of the pandemic created a tiny garden, and kindled an unlikely friendship with an enchanted neighbor who moved into her tree.
Building Emotional Safety Nets for Men
Support networks with other men can help fend off the loneliness and isolation many men experience.