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A Certain Loneliness by Sandra Gail Lambert

Dear Sandra Gail Lambert, The summer I moved to Florida, almost two years ago now, I called up my mother’s younger cousin, Kimber, to arrange...

View From True North by Sara Henning

Dear Sara, As I write this, I have only recently found out that my sister has terminal cancer. I am sorry to bring this up...

Bomb by Ashley Inguanta

Dear Ashley Inguanta, I have tried to write poems about being gay. I have tried to write poems that make me feel more real, like...

Educated by Tara Westover

Dear Tara Westover, For three months, I have started, struggled, then stopped writing this letter about your recently published memoir, Educated. It is easy to...

Daughter in Retrograde by Courtney Kersten

Dear Courtney Kersten, About this time last year, I sat cross-legged on layers of duvets and blankets, against pillows that seemed to stretch the length...

One Size Fits None by Stephanie Anderson

Dear Stephanie Anderson, I recall one of my teachers in my early education urging my classmates and I during a science lesson: “Take a look...

The Middle of Everything: Essays on Motherhood by Michelle Herman

Dear Mrs. Herman, As a mother, and a writer, I’d like to thank you for writing The Middle of Everything: Essays on Motherhood. I’m deeply...

Little Failure by Gary Shteyngart

Dear Mr. Shteyngart, I laughed out loud until my stomach ached. I cried like a baby. As both a writer and a Jewish immigrant from...

Apocalypse, Darling by Barrie Jean Borich

Dear Barrie Jean Borich, I grew up in the same town my entire life, at the north end of Valparaiso, Indiana, near the border with...

Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs by Beth Ann Fennelly

Dear Beth Ann Fennelly, Thank you, thank you. Your book, Heating & Cooling: 52 Micro-Memoirs, makes me want to write. I am beginning this before...

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