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Always First Class: The Pleasure of Personal Letters,Used
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Lois Barry, awardwinning Professor English and Writing, has assembled an intriguing miscellany of letterwriting history, facts, quotations and writing suggestions. Nearly 200 quotations celebrate letter writing from Lord Byrons classic assertion that Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company, to Kate Spades modern appreciation, Its uplifting to get a letterlike an ooh! in your mail box. Marianne Moores enthusiastic report, I had a letter from Elisabeth [Bishop] a day or two ago, which Im thinking of having tattooed on me balances Anne Sextons poignant relief, Im glad you wrote to me. I thought I had died or something, Ada Leverson cautions, You dont know a woman until you have received a letter from her, while John Donne romantically declares More than kisses, letters mingle souls. Chapters of quotations cover all aspects of correspondence: writing letters, receiving letters, saving letters, appreciating letters, waiting for letters, love letters and more. "Always First Class" combines entertaining reminders of oldfashioned letter writing for those of a certain age with persuasive suggestions that young technophiles explore this pleasantly retro means of communication. Historical information ranges from the oncepractical (On making vellum: First, kill a goat) to the economic ( In 1673 when 50 cents a day was a living wage in the American colonies, it cost $3.50 to send a letter from New York to Philadelphia). In addition to an appreciation of letter writing and a history of the social changes necessary before private personal letters could be exchanged, three chapters focus on various occasions and myriad topics for writing letters from Do you remember when we ? to Where do you think well be ten years from now? Readers are encouraged to go beyond texting, tweeting and email to write real letters once again, to connect with distant family and old friends in a deeply personal way. The book closes with an invitation to submit copies of treasured personal letters for a forthcoming collection, A Friendly Exchange, Americas Personal Letters.
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