Today in the Audacity’s Emerging Writers is a fantastic essay by Annabelle Allen about the interplay between love, the ones who leave us, their legacies, and how we learn to be alone.

Published in Roxane Gay’s Emerging Writers Series

From The New York Times, I’m Anna Martin. This is Modern Love. In today’s essay a daughter is losing her father. She needs something to hold on to. And then she discovers his story in his own words. The essay is called “The Day His Journal Went Blank.” It’s written by Annabelle Allen and read by Frankie Corzo.

Featured on The New York Times Modern Love Podcast

A daughter races to collect her father’s memories before Alzheimer’s can steal them away.

Published in The New York Times Modern Love Column

Published in The Bklyner