A how-to by Junot Diaz, from his book Drown.

In the early stages of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, there was a period when one of the questions raised by the whole affair had to do with monogamy. Around that time, Roy Romer, the Governor of Colorado and Chair of the Democratic Party, admitted that for 16 years he'd had a relationship with an aide that his wife and family knew about.

A man tries to calculate what love costs. From Lydia Davis's book Break It Down, read by actor Matt Malloy.

Writer and nationally syndicated sex columnist Dan Savage explains what actually happens in non-monogamous couples, how they make it work, and whether they're happy.

Los Angeles writer Sandra Tsing Loh on the first day of a relationship. A failing relationship.

Chris and Sylvere, and how they tried to contain a marriage-threatening crush, and how difficult that is.

Ira talks with Maria, who took out a personals ad in the Chicago Reader advertising herself as "wacky and warm." (5 minutes)

Ian Brown of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on the normal struggle most people experience when they try to stay monogamous.

Richard Klein of Cornell University explains that the way we view love really began with love poems in the 13th century — an illusion.

D. Travers Scott and his boyfriend spent six months gathering data on their own relationship and put together a report on it in the form of a corporate annual report.