letters
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Next Letter for Kids: Michael Reisman
The next Letter for Kids, going out Monday, July 15, is from Michael Reisman! Born and raised in New Jersey, Michael worked all kinds of jobs, from dishwasher at a pizzeria to assistant for Tom Hanks, before settling on young-adult author.…
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Next Letter for Kids: Carolyn Cohagan
The next Letter for Kids, going out August 15, is from Carolyn Cohagan! (It got switched with Elisabeth Dahl’s letter due to a printing error, so it’s going out later than expected, but it’ll still be awesome!) A former stand-up comic…
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Next Letter in the Mail: Brian Spears!
The next Letter in the Mail, going out Thursday, August 15, is from none other than Brian Spears! Brian is a mainstay at The Rumpus. He’s our poetry editor and he runs our book clubs. If you participate in any of…
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Previous Letter for Kids: Elisabeth Dahl
Due to a printing error, the Letter for Kids that went out last week was not from Carolyn Cohagan, as we previously said. The Carolyn Cohagan letter will go out next time, but meanwhile, please enjoy a Letter for Kids…
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Heaven, According to Hemingway
Maria Popova of Brain Pickings has featured a 1925 letter from Ernest Hemingway to F. Scott Fitzgerald, in which Hemingway describes his personal conception of heaven (after playfully guessing at Fitzgerald’s). As an added bonus, check out the snapshot of…
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You Can’t Have A Revolution Unless You Make It For Yourself
When a book is read, the story is transferred from the writer to the reader. Occasionally, however, the reader is allowed a glimpse into what the author may have been thinking through letters or interviews. When George Orwell wrote Animal…
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After 65 Years, “The Lottery” Endures
Since its publication in 1948, “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson has become an American classic, appearing in high school classrooms, as well as in the hands and on the computers of people around the nation. On the 65th anniversary of the…
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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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Where Letters Come From
With the help of the Egyptians, Sumerians, and Phonecians, Jason Novak illustrates what characters in the alphabet originally represented:
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I Wish You Were Here
At The Rumpus, we love a good letter, and Tanya Houghton wants you to send her mother postcards. Three years ago Marianne Houghton was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Once an avid traveler, her deteriorating health has left her without an outlet…
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About Your Letters
I moved to New York the week I turned twenty. I lived on the fifth floor of an East Village walk-up with a boyfriend I was too young to realize I shouldn’t have been with, and I got a job…
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“It Will Prove Invincible”
In 1981, Philip K. Dick saw a television segment about the forthcoming film Blade Runner, based on his novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. He then wrote a fervent letter to the production company. Dick passed away five months after…