Me to authors: don’t overdo the description, keep adjectives to a minimum Dylan Thomas:

I just saw letter that Zora Neale Hurston typed in 1942 to a man she had been married to. It begins “Here is your ring. By putting it into your hands I hope this makes it unnecessary for you to come to see me for any reason what so ever. In fact it is my earnerst prayer that I

"I am one of these strange fuckers who finds great pleasure in being alone." —Charles Bukowski writing to Gerald Locklin on this day in 1981

Exactly 50 years ago, Richard Nixon wrote what is now the most famous resignation letter in history.

Happy birthday to this plan.

We will be millionaires before long, by Letters of Note open.substack.com/pub/lettersofn…

60 years ago today

Please change your hold music, by Letters of Note news.lettersofnote.com/p/please-chang…

On this day in 1916. (From 'Letters Between Katherine Mansfield and John Middleton Murry' – Edited by Cherry A. Hankin.)

"May we comfort You?"

A tweet from 1950

On this day in 1927. #galsbeingpals #justgoodfriends

I wonder if any student will ever top this email.

On this day in 1915, Katherine Mansfield wrote these two sentences in a short letter to her brother, Leslie, who was serving with the British Expeditionary Force in France. Sadly, this would be the last time she wrote to him; Leslie was killed two months later.

The National Gallery in London is renovating its Sainsbury Wing and they’ve just found a secret letter from one of the original donors, sunk into a concrete column, saying that he hates the columns and is glad they’re being demolished. 10/10 unhinged rich man behaviour, no notes

How dare you, by Letters of Note news.lettersofnote.com/p/how-dare-you…

On this day in 2002. (From the excellent book, 'Kurt Vonnegut: Letters', edited by Dan Wakefield.)

You did justice to the dream of a child, by Letters of Note open.substack.com/pub/lettersofn…