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Feb.15.2013 What Ever Happened to Pen Pals? “There are a lot of us, some published, some not, who think the literary life is the loveliest one possible, this life of reading and writing and corresponding.” Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life Stationery Box (Photo credit: Spyderella) When I read the...	Feb.15.2013 What Ever Happened to Pen Pals? “There are a lot of us, some published, some not, who think the literary life is the loveliest one possible, this life of reading and writing and corresponding.” Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life Stationery Box (Photo credit: Spyderella) When I read the above...
Sep.24.2012 Down the dark path I've been a bit lax with regard to my letter writing lately, haven't felt much like putting pen to paper or words through the pen. I get into these dark moods and bury myself in books and other endeavors that don't require words. Silence is a big part of that This morning I had to write to my...	Jan.28.2012 Charlotte Brontë's Love Letters to her "Master" These love letters, though perhaps not of the type of passion exhibited these days, were certainly vivid enough. They made their recipient rip them up. And they made his wife sew them back together. Charlotte Bronte as a young woman Photo: Mary Evans Picture Library / Alamy...
Sep.03.2011 Leaves on the Winds It wasn't an addiction in the beginning. It was an idea. I had just seen the mini series about John and Abigail Adams and had read some of the background material about their letters, those personal and intimate letters. That is how it began. There was a little stationery in my cache of goods and...	Jun.15.2011 Personal Correspondence The letters that writers write to one another are at least as interesting than the books or stories they write. This is one reason among many for my interest in the epistolary as form. Between my friends and me, the epistolary thrives. Not Literature – but an involvement with it – an immersion in...
Jan.15.2011 Kafka In Love This is an extremely interesting article by John Banville about Kafka and his five year relationship with Felice Bauer. Alas, we do not really hear her side of the story as her correspondence is lost (Kafka did indeed burn things when he wanted). And Felice was more astute about Kafka than I...	Sep.30.2010 "LETTERS OF NOTE" - AN INTRIGUING SITE OF FAMOUS CORRESPONDENCE (INCLUDING KAFKA) Father, you asked me recently why I am afraid of you SourceTranscript Liebster Vater, Du hast mich letzthin einmal gefragt, warum ich behaupte, ich hätte Furcht vor Dir. Ich wusste Dir, wie gewöhnlich, nichts zu antworten, zum Teil eben aus der Furcht, die ich vor Dir habe, zum Teil deshalb, weil...
May.12.2010 Never Mind The Piano "Come argue with me - we shall meet and wrangle - sparks will fly - candles will burn to their appointed ends and owl-eyed waiters will sweep the floors at dawn as we reel out onto the glossy streets, dazed with thought, rapt with fluidity, compatibility, intellect, imagination: the effortless...	May.24.2009 Magazine publisher to writer: How dare you ask about circulation? Recently, I found myself on the receiving end of a magazine publisher’s wrath. He had accepted my article for publication--paying in copies only--and requested that I sign a release transferring all my rights to the article. I asked him what was the current circulation of his publication, and here...