It is a sweet little essay, perhaps inspiring one to try an essay oneself. Nearly 400 years later (March 1979), Psychology Today surveyed friendship and its counterpart, loneliness. Forty thousand ...

FIRST LOVE: Essays on Friendship. By Lilly Dancyger. Dial Press. 224 pages. $28. Who means more to you — your friends or your lovers? In a vivid, thoughtful and nuanced collection of essays, Lilly ...

Here’s the next installment of our series, “Fast-Told Tales,” short essays (200 words or fewer) about various topics by readers of the Fast Forward newsletter. The April theme was friendship. My twin ...