When Artists Write Letters
Barbara Newman’s fascinating book titled Making Love in the Twelfth Century: “Letters of Two Lovers” in Context was written for scholars and academics but will be cherished by anyone who loves a good love letter. The letters referenced in the title constitute the…
Seven Great Books About Letters
Royko In Love: Mike’s Letters to Carol by Mike Royko, edited by David Royko — Yes, that Mike Roykop, tough and cynical newspaper columnist — it turns out he had a sweet and vulnerable heart as a young man in the Air Force and he wooed…
In 1907, E.V. Lucas published a lovely collection of letters under the title, The Gentlest Art. Letter writing is the art referred to and the letters chosen by Lucas illustrate his point of gentility — and of beauty.
What do I have in common with Julia Child? Not the art of French cooking. I cannot follow…
My book Signed, Sealed, Delivered: Celebrating the Joys of Letter Writing is released today. My first reading will take place on April 24th…
I loved Quiet Dell by Jayne Anne Phillips. It is one of the best books I’ve read in a long time…
How did this happen? How could I have missed this fantastic collection of letters about cricket? In my quest to understand just why letters are so important a mode of communication, surely letters to the editors of the Daily Telegraph on the subject of cricket would have provided some insight.
Shaun Usher understands the art of letter writing — as any fan of his site, Letters of Note, knows — and now his book by the same name brings all that art to the printed page. Letters of Note, the book, is beautiful, large-size, fabulously produced, and above all, it is…
Dostoyevsky’s first novel, Poor Folk, published when he was just twenty-four years old, is completely composed of the letters exchanged…
