Letters Blog
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The Next Letter for Kids: Irene Latham
Exciting news: The next Letter for Kids, going out this Thursday, is from Irene Latham! Poetry editor of the Birmingham Arts Journal, Irene has written two novels for kids: Leaving Gee’s Bend and Don’t Feed the Boy. Dear Wandering Wildebeest, forthcoming in 2014, is…
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The Next Letter in the Mail: Chloe Caldwell
We’re pleased to announce that the next Letter in the Mail, going out next Thursday, is from Chloe Caldwell! Chloe Caldwell is a Rumpus contributor and interviewee. Her essay collection Legs Get Led Astray and her e-book The New Age Camp both…
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THIS IS NOT AN EMAIL
In honor of Letter Writing Month, City Lights is publishing a few of our Letters in the Mail! First up is Deb Olin Unferth’s letter. Stay tuned for another by Gabrielle Calvocoressi. Want more information on Letters in the Mail? Click…
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THE NEXT LETTER IN THE MAIL: Elissa Bassist
The next Letter in the Mail, going out this Friday, is from Elissa Bassist. Elissa Bassist is the editor of our Funny Women column. Her writing has appeared here on The Rumpus, in The New York Times, NYMag.com, The Paris Review Daily,…
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The Next Letter for Kids: Grant Baciocco
The next Letter for Kids, going out this Wednesday, is from Grant Baciocco. Baciocco is the creator/host of Henson’s podcast and a puppeteer for Stuffed & Unstrung. He also created several other award winning, family friendly podcasts including The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd, Did This Happen? and Grant’s…
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The Next Letter in the Mail: Melissa Febos
The next Letter in the Mail, going out this coming Wednesday, is from Melissa Febos. Melissa Febos is the author of the memoir Whip Smart (St. Martin’s Press/2010), which chronicles the four years she spent working as a dominatrix.
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LETTERS TO EACH OTHER III
Last week, we kicked off our third round of Letters to Each Other. The way it works is you send us a letter, no more than one page (front and back OK), and a self addressed stamped envelope. We send you five…
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The Next Letter in the Mail: Jason Novak
The next Letter in the Mail, going out this Friday, is from artist and head Rumpus illustrator Jason Novak. Jason brings countless Rumpus essays–including today’s OG Dad–to visual life. You can peruse his own illustrated stories right here. Over at the Paris Review,…
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Letters for Kids
Since launching Letters for Kids in July, we’ve sent some wonderful letters through the mail. To give everyone a better sense of what the subscription is all about, we’ve released two of those letters from their envelopes and brought them online.
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The Next Letter for Kids: Lisa Yee
The next Letter for Kids, going out this Friday, is from Lisa Yee. Lisa’s debut novel, Millicent Min, Girl Genius, won the prestigious Sid Fleischman Humor Award. Her other novels for young people include Stanford Wong Flunks Big-Time, So Totally Emily Ebers,…
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THE NEXT LETTER IN THE MAIL:
Lisa Jane PerskyThe next Letter in the Mail, going out this Friday, is from Lisa Jane Persky. Lisa Jane is a writer, photographer, actress and editor. Her fiction, journalism and photography has appeared in periodicals ranging from Bomb to MOJO to The Los Angeles Times. She made her…
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THE NEXT LETTER IN THE MAIL: Gabrielle Calvocoressi
The next Letter in the Mail, going out early next week, is from Gabrielle Calvocoressi. Gabrielle Calvocoressi is the author of The Last Time I Saw Amelia Earhart (Persea. 2005) and Apocalyptic Swing (Persea. 2009), which was a finalist for The…