Our spring issue surveys the contemporary landscape of matrimony, as writers recall walking down the aisle for the first or third or fifth time; vow never to wed again, except in the role of officiant; dissect the first year of marriage; brave city hall; and realize what it means to bind yourself, for better or for worse, to another person. There's no one way to get or to be married, and when it comes to the ties that bind, it's a new world.

Plus, a profile of New York Times obituary writer Margalit Fox; why divorce memoirs are flourishing; and a special single-author collection of Tiny Truths.

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• What's the Story? by Lee Gutkind
  From the editor
• A Story We Tell Ourselves and Others by Randon Billings Noble
  Finding inspiration in marriage memoirs
• The Math of Marriage by Elane Johnson
  One simple equation compels the author to take a fifth trip down the aisle
• The Marrying Kind by Jane Berstein
  Married for twenty years, happily divorced for six, the author vowed never to wed again—except in the role of officiant.
• False Intimacy: A Cautionary Perspective by Patrice Gopo
  Marriage can provide a unique entry point into another culture—but it's not a substitute for immersion reporting