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Posts Tagged: USPS
The USPS Doesn’t Know Its Angelou Quotes
After the United States Postal Service misattributed a quote to Maya Angelou on a commemorative stamp, many suggested that the Postal Service “had simply believed too readily what they read on the Internet.” Now, for the New Yorker, Ian Crouch argues that although the Postal Service received approval from the Angelou family to publish the quote, the […]
...moreForever Stamp Poets
Because nothing says “here is my overdue rent” like a greeting sealed with a Theodore Roethke stamp. The United States Postal Service is jumping into the fun of National Poetry Month by issuing ten new forever stamps featuring the handsome mugs of great poets Elizabeth Bishop, Joseph Brodsky, Gwendolyn Brooks, E. E. Cummings, Robert Hayden, […]
...moreThoughts on Letters In The Mail
When I saw the words “This week’s Letter In The Mail is from Sari Botton” at the bottom of Wednesday’s Daily Rumpus email from Stephen Elliott, my stomach dropped.
...moreLiterary Mail
Mark Twain found another way to be immortal—and it doesn’t involve the posthumous release of a book. It’s actually one of the coolest collaborations between a US government agency and the literary arts: the Mark Twain stamp, which is the 27th one of the USPS’ literary arts series. Nice choice, Postal Service!
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