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100 1 _aSyme, Rachel
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245 1 0 _aSyme's letter writer /
_cRachel Syme ; with illustrations from Joana Avillez.
246 3 0 _aLetter writer
264 1 _aNew York :
_bClarkson Potter/Publishers,
_c2024.
300 _a205 pages :
_billustrations (some color) ;
_c24 cm +
_e1 folded sheet in envelope
336 _atext
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500 _a"A guide to modern correspondence about (almost) every imaginable subject of daily life, with odes to desktop ephemera, selected letters of famous writers, epistolary relationships, fountain pens, typewriters, stamps, stationery, and everything you need to embark upon adventures through the mail."
505 0 _aIntroduction: A letter from Rachel Dear Reader (or how to use this book) How to be a pen pal How to write a fan letter How to write about the weather How to mail a recipe How to write a letter like a poet How to write a letter about your dreams How to write a letter from abroad (or, really, from anywhere) How to develop style in your correspondence How to maintain a glamorous mystique in your correspondence How to write about secrets (or the art of very juicy gossip) How to write a bitchy letter (or the art of the poison pen) How to write a letter about interesting times How to write a letter to your mother (or aunt or brother or second cousin once removed) How to write a letter to yourself How to write a letter about nothing at all How to read a letter How to make friends and correspond with people Conclusion: Why we write letters and must keep doing it! Notes Acknowledgments
520 _a"A literary jaunt in praise of the lost art of letter writing that explores a cultural history and the undeniable thrill of old-school correspondence-from New Yorker culture writer Rachel Syme. Inspired by a bestselling turn-of-the-century correspondence handbook penned by a snooty Victorian who had strong opinions on how to lick a stamp, Rachel Syme has rewritten the staid rules of yore for today's letter writers. Syme insists you must stuff your envelopes with flat frivolities (tip: never glitter!), ask before you perfume a parcel, and cultivate your own ritual around keeping up with your correspondence. Immerse yourself in this epistolary bric-a-brac celebrating the intimate (whimsical! expressive!) art of written correspondence, covering every part of the process from courting and keeping a pen pal down to buying the best nibs for your refurbished vintage fountain pen. As you read fragments of letters from some of contemporary history's most iconic figures-Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald, Audre Lorde and Pat Parker, Virginia Woolf, MFK Fisher, Diana Vreeland, Octavia Butler-take note of how to write about the weather without being a total snooze, how to write a letter like a poet, and how to infuse your writing with a glamorous mystique. Learn about Julia Child's lifelong pen pal, Maya Angelou's penchant for hotel stationery, and the importance of choosing a signature paper that captures your essence. After all, the words you write on paper, no matter how limited the audience, can offer comfort, shared sorrow, cathartic rage, hard-earned insight, refreshing strangeness, absurd silliness, understanding, peace, beauty-and often all of those things all mixed up at the same time"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aLetter writing.
650 4 _aCartas
_xTécnicas
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650 4 _aArte epistolar
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650 4 _aRedacción de cartas
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700 1 _aAvillez, Joana,
_d1986-
_eillustrator
_943824
776 0 8 _iOnline version:
_aSyme, Rachel.
_tSyme's letter writer
_dNew York : Clarkson Potter, [2024]
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