FIRST LOVE: Essays on Friendship. By Lilly Dancyger. Dial Press. 224 pages. $28. Who means more to you — your friends or your lovers? In a vivid, thoughtful and nuanced collection of essays, Lilly ...

Friends are important. We know that. But many middle-aged men report few friends and “feelings of isolation and loneliness” according to the Guardian (2023), which invites men to tell how they made ...