Raymond Carver

The mechanisms of love are a mystery… Raymond Carver, a fabulous American short stories teller wrote ‘What We Talk When We Talk About Love.’

Carver

Carver's widow, Tess Gallagher, fought with Knopf for permission to republish the 17 stories in What We Talk About When We Talk About Love as they were originally written by Carver.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Ralph Waldo Emerson 's the author of many collections of stories, including What We Talk About When We Talk About Love (1981), Cathedral (1983), and Where I'm Calling From (1988).

Nicholas Sparks

Mention Nicholas Sparks writes—love stories (not to be confused with romances).

Ray Carver

I think we should all pay attention to the way we talk about these affairs, or as Ray Carver wrote, “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love.”

Lish , an editor at Esquire magazine and Alfred Knopf as well as a novelist in Raymond Carver's own right

Lish, an editor at Esquire magazine and Alfred Knopf as well as a novelist in Raymond Carver's own right, made major changes to many of the stories in What We Talk About When We Talk About Love, cutting about half of Carver's original words and changing more than half of the endings.

Gordon Lish

People have been talking about Raymond Carver and Gordon Lish’s working relationship for years now, debating whether Gordon Lish was really the genius behind such stories as “What We Talk About When We Talk About Love,” or if Carver was unnecessarily… well, carved… by an out-of-control editor intent on corrupting Carver’s superior vision.

Rainer Maria Rilke and Thomas Merton

We were talking of love as Rainer Maria Rilke and Thomas Merton wrote about love , where love is one lover standing guard over another’s solitude.

Jason Schneiderman's 'Stories About Love

Featuring marimba and crotales, this work is inspired by Jason Schneiderman's 'Stories About Love.'