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    Next Letter in the Mail: Alana Massey

    We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail from Alana Massey! Alana sends us a list of action items with which we can do what we please, but she’d really love to know which ones you choose to act on and if you…

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    Next Letter for Kids: Sarah Prineas

    We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Sarah Prineas! Sarah writes to us about creating maps, and runes, and her collection of dragons! To make sure this letter reaches your favorite young reader, subscribe by March 15! For more information on…

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    Next Letter in the Mail: Melissa Febos

    We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail from Melissa Febos! Melissa writes a beautiful, insightful letter to us about the self-indulgence of guilt, what lovers take from us when they leave, and deciding to take a temporary…

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    Next Letter for Kids: Cynthia Levinson

    We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Cynthia Levinson! Cynthia writes about her wishes and dreams to live somewhere else, and how today she lives in two very different places. And, their names rhyme—can you guess where she lives?…

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    Next Letter for Kids: Mike Grosso

    We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from children’s author, teacher, and musician Mike Grosso! Mike writes to us about growing up in a musical family and how his thoughts would spin so fast that he had a hard time sitting still and learning…

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    Next Letter in the Mail: Georgia Bellas

    We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail from Georgia Bellas! While sitting in an airport drinking a gin and tonic and from the mountains while crickets sing, Georgia sends a letter begun in an airport drinking a gin and tonic,…

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    Next Letter for Kids: Kara LaReau

    We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Kara LaReau! Kara writes to us about the time she proudly handed in a report on Marian Anderson for Black History Month and got in trouble for using a good word. Subscribe…

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    Next Letter in the Mail: Nicky Beer

    We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail from poet Nicky Beer! Nicky sends us a letter crammed with all of the experiences she has during her first twenty-four hours in Spain. To read about Nicky’s adventures in Spain, subscribe…

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    Next Letter for Kids: Jenn Bishop

    We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Jenn Bishop! Jenn writes to us all about her many pets—meet and see pictures of Brownie the rabbit, gerbils Ralphy and Flash, and cats Suki and Lilly. Subscribe by January 13 to make sure this letter…

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    Next Letter in the Mail: Susannah Nevison

    We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail from author Susannah Nevison! Susannah writes a moving and beautifully honest letter about leaving—places, parties, relationships, one’s own body—and her past history as a “Very Messy Leaver.” To read…

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    Next Letter for Kids: Tania Del Rio

    We’re sending our next Letter for Kids from Tania Del Rio! Tania writes to us about her childhood mission to convince her parents to get a dog. Did she succeed? Subscribe by December 27 to find out! And don’t forget that a Letters for…

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    Next Letter in the Mail: Molly Crabapple

    We’re getting ready to send out our next Letter in the Mail from artist, journalist, and author Molly Crabapple! Molly writes to us about the street cats of Istanbul, and one cat in particular and the special bond it shares with…