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Professional letter nerd since 2009. Buy the books (https://books.lettersofnote.com), read the newsletter (https://news.lettersofnote.com/), come to the live shows (https://www.youtube.com/@LettersLive). Or don't. It's your choice.

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Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · Nov 9

On this day in 1970, Charles Schulz replied to a 10-year-old kid who had written and asked, “What makes a good citizen?"

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Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · 4d

Thanks Roland!

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Roland Allen, author of 'The Notebook: a History' @zibaldoni.bsky.social · 4d

Lovely piece in today's Observer (no paywall) about @lettersofnote.com's latest, DIARIES OF NOTE, which looks like it'll be as fascinating and well-made as the other books in the series. By Anthony Quinn.
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The pages of our lives | The Observer

Diaries can be the most revealing records of who we are. One compulsive diarist introduces the intimate reflections of Audre Lorde, Salvador Dalí, Elton ...

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Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · 8d

On this day in 1905, Virginia Woolf was doubting her abilities. Her debut novel, The Voyage Out, would be published ten years later.

No one really takes very much interest, why should they, in my scribblings. Do you think I shall ever write a really good book?

Virginia Woolf
Letter to Violet Dickinson
1st October 19051

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lilleebean.bsky.social @lilleebean.bsky.social · 9d

On this day in 1955...
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He came and rearranged our molecules

A stunning letter of condolence following the death of James Dean

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Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · Sep 4

On this day in 1858.

#perpetualorgy

"The only way of tolerating existence is to lose oneself in literature as in a perpetual orgy."

Gustave Flaubert
Letter to Leroyer de Chantepie
4th September 1858

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Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · Aug 26

“I am writing this letter not only to thank you most gratefully, but also to ask you to remember that although I am no longer there, your books are still helping those who have remained.”

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Your books are still helping those who have remained

A heartfelt letter of thanks to the Queen of Crime

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Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · Aug 1

On this day in 1913, Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke wrote to a grieving friend.

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His life has now passed over into yours

Rilke writes to a grieving friend

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nick andersen @nicktheandersen.com · Apr 14

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a beautiful letter from sol lewitt to eva hesse, written 60 years ago today

~ DO ~

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Invaluable advice for a struggling artist

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Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · Apr 11

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Mrs. Slob of 1961

An unimpressed reader writes to Chatelaine magazine

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Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · Mar 31

No problem!

Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · Mar 31

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Quote Origin: Briefest Correspondence: Question Mark? Exclamation Mark! – Quote Investigator®

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Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · Mar 31

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IT WAS A BUSY YEAR AND THEN IT WASNT

A letter from Christopher Walken

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Letterheady @letterheady.com · Mar 27

Magnificent letterhead once used by Bob Kane, co-creator of Batman www.letterheady.com/p/bob-kane

Bob Kane

1950s

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listsofnote.bsky.social @listsofnote.bsky.social · Mar 27

ELEVEN REASONS TO USE A TYPEWRITER, by Tom Hanks www.listsofnote.com/p/eleven-rea...

ELEVEN REASONS TO USE A TYPEWRITER

By Tom Hanks

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Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · Mar 27

"I don’t know why people disturb me so much — They make me feel like a hobbled horse."

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There is no one around and I can really breathe

Letters of solitude

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Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · Mar 26

"I don’t know so well what I think until I see what I say."

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I don’t know so well what I think until I see what I say

The Letters of Flannery O'Connor

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Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · Mar 25

Hey, no problem.

Letters of Note @lettersofnote.com · Mar 24

No problem. And for the record, even if the content *had* related to Letters Live, it wouldn’t have justified signing you up. I was just trying to think of any possible explanation.