Letters of Note by Shaun Usher7/1/2023 ![]() ![]() When you were putting it together, were you handling actual archival materials? In the book, we get to see the letters themselves. A letter from Annie Oakley is on striking letterhead one believed to have been penned by Jack the Ripper is written in a slashing hand, on paper that is wrinkled and stained. ![]() ![]() The book is an oversized hardcover that includes images of the original letters, transcriptions, photos of some of the writers and notes from Usher. The book’s British debut included a live reading by Cave, Gillian Anderson and more next week Benedict Cumberbatch will lead another Letters of Note event at the Hay Literary Festival in Wales. Readers connected with the personal written word - no matter whether it was fans writing to Elvis Presley, Nick Cave rejecting MTV’s nomination as best male artist or the Queen of England giving President Franklin Delano Roosevelt her recipe for scones.Īll appear in the book “Letters of Note: An Eclectic Collection of Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience,” compiled by Usher. Despite the obvious irony, the site quickly built a following. In the twilight years of snail mail, fledgling British copywriter Shaun Usher launched Letters of Note, a blog dedicated to paper correspondence. ![]()
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