The art of letter writing is not dead. Rachel Syme, a New Yorker staff writer, learned that during the early days of the pandemic. Longing for human connection, she asked her followers on social media ...

In the age of text messages and social media, the art of writing a heartfelt love letter is a timeless and deeply personal way to express emotions. A love letter allows you to capture your feelings, ...

"What is healing, but a shift in perspective?” — Mark Doty, Heaven’s Coast Transactional writing — or letter writing — gets you beyond what you thought you could not get over. With all the other ways ...

The Daily’s story “‘It was like we were garbage’: Stanford to ‘cycle out’ creative writing lecturers” (Aug. 29) about Stanford’s Creative Writing Program contains a number of misunderstandings. I’d ...

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Undergraduates need them for graduate-school applications; PhD students and postdocs use them to apply for fellowships and jobs; senior scientists often have to have them to apply for awards and ...