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WATCH: 48 Minutes With Essayist Elizabeth Laura Nelson

We spoke to the Jenny co-founder about writing a Modern Love piece that led to so much: an essay with us, an agent (two even!) and the beginnings of a book idea …

A few weeks ago, we published a deeply moving essay by Elizabeth Laura Nelson about love, loss and moving on. Earlier this afternoon, our executive editor, Jesse Sposato, spoke with her about how the piece came to be, what the writing process was like, what she’s working on currently and so much more.

We loved every minute of it, but this may be our favorite line: “I don’t love advice. I don’t love giving it, I don’t love getting it, [but] my advice … is do what feels right for you, and … don’t listen to other people too much.”

If you missed the live conversation, you can watch the whole thing above. Thank you to everyone for joining, commenting, sending hearts and asking questions. It was a great time!

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