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Heartbreaks were plenty in Gogarty's career, from constant obstacles to a lack of recognition that continues today.

From BBC • May 17, 2023

Now, the column’s longtime editor, Rene Lynch, has compiled the best of the best into “L.A. Affairs: 65 True Stories of Nightmare Dates, Love at First Sight, Heartbreaks & Happily Ever Afters in Southern California.”

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 4, 2021

Season two’s opening episode, 808s and Three Heartbreaks, contains a beautifully told tale about being dumped at the prom after a disastrous first kiss while being attacked by fire ants, AKA “Satan’s six-legged messengers”.

From The Guardian • Mar. 30, 2018

Heartbreaks in high school were softened by Jane Austen’s wit and by the greater tragedies in Edith Wharton’s House of Mirth and Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie.

From Newsweek • Feb. 14, 2015

Could I pick apart a snippet of Charli XCX’s terrific Heartbreaks and Earthquakes mixtape and count it as one of my favorite singles of the year?

From Slate • Dec. 21, 2012