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What Is Love? Why Does It Matter? Do We Need Love?

Is love really important? What are love’s risks and rewards? Is love about surprise, joy, marriage, living together, 50-year relationships, lustful one-nighters and long weekends, spouses and children, serenity or a warm body to ward off loneliness? This is the second book by WRITINGBOOTCAMP/Charlotte, a 6-month creative writing collaboration founded and led by Glenn Proctor, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, retired editor, executive coach, business consultant and mental health educator. For this project, Proctor included a number of former journalism colleagues from around the country. This book is not a psychological analysis of love and relationships, but a “gut-level” look at love, affection and relationships through the experiences of the individual writers. Readers will, most likely, see a similar experience as they read through the poetry and stories.