In 1997, for example, Vivian Gornick wrote that love was no longer the primary narrative conflict of contemporary literature.

When does a crush begin to feel like love? This is hard to answer. How can we define that emotion well enough to demarcate ...

Richard Roeper, a Sun-Times contributor since 1987 and a Chicago native, is the author of seven books and the former co-host of “Ebert & Roeper and the Movies.” He is the film critic for ABC-7 ...