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Letters

Letters

In Memoriam We are deeply saddened by the death of Matthew Power, our friend and a contributing editor. Sixteen years ago, Matt was an intern at the magazine, and since…

Dear Casey

From hundreds of letters sent to Casey Anthony, a twenty-four-year-old Florida woman arrested in 2008 on charges of murdering her two-year-old daughter, Caylee. Florida’s state attorney’s office, which released the…

Say more–an introduction

by J.D. (Jerome David) Salinger,

Other people’s mail

by Joseph Epstein,

The letters of famous people are most interesting if you read between the lines

After hours

by Harper’s Staff,

Not too late

by Harper’s Staff,

Letter-post

by Van Tassel Sutphen,

Literary notes

by John Kendrick Bangs,

Editor’s drawer

by Harper’s Staff,

The easiest way

by Ruth Hall,

Fallen short

Art by Edwin Austin Abbey,

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