In the early twentieth century, anarchist Emma Goldman became the celebrated spokesperson of the free love cause.

Nevertheless, many of the “love the one you’re with” enthusiasts of the 1960s were about to discover that the free-love train was not going to be a smooth ride.

In Tessa Hadley’s novel, an English family is tugged at by social changes without—and stirrings within.

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NPR's Elissa Nadworny talks with Tessa Hadley about her new novel, Free Love and pivoting to writing novels in her 40s.

The indignation meeting at Faneuil Hall, when thousands gathered in support of Massachusetts’ individualist anarchist and free-love advocate Ezra Heywood, happened 138 years ago this week.