The danger of dense, language-driven works like John Kolvenbach’s “Love Song,” a sweet play centered on an urban marriage and a brother-sister relationship, is that the richness of the text and the ...

Is the love song dying? NPR's Juana Summers speaks David Mora and Michelle Jia about their recent essay in The Pudding, which set out to answer that question. JAMES: (Singing) ...My love has come ...

This essay first appeared in the NPR Music newsletter. Sign up for early access to articles like this one, listening recommendations and more. I love the word "heartthrob." It stops you whether you ...

Parsing Taylor Swift’s lyrics for clues about the musician’s love life is a required course at the University of Swiftie. However, longtime fans know that not every song is purely autobiographical.