Open Letters

Dear Madeleine Albright

Mar 24, 2022

Open Letter by Susan Terris

TW salutes Madeleine Albright (1937–2022) as a role model for women in government.

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Dear Writers During Hard Times

Dec 21, 2020

Open Letter by Martha Nichols

I’m animated by the fierce intention to figure out what matters.

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Dear Roommates

Jun 29, 2020

Feature by Kate Raphael

This indefinite time, this slowdown of life, has made me reevaluate what is important.

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An Open Letter to Queen Bess

Jun 22, 2020

Feature by Rita Kurtz

I can only imagine the hell you went through—rejection after rejection.

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To the Curly-Haired Barista

Sep 18, 2017

Performance Poetry by Megan LeAnne

When I asked about your tea selection, what I really meant to say was Goddamn you’re pretty.

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Dear Harryette Mullen

Nov 07, 2016

Open Letter by Carol Dorf

Readers and writers can talk to each other across times and cultures.

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Dear Kate Chopin

Oct 31, 2016

Open Letter by Emily Toth

You were so bored. You were so right.

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Dear Tim Cook, CEO of Apple

Oct 10, 2016

An Open Letter by David Biddle

E-book apps in 2016 should be as revolutionary as word processors were back in the 1980s.

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Dear Literary Editor—and Writer

Oct 03, 2016

Open Letters by Steven Lewis and Rob Spillman

Just lift the delicate veil of literary high-mindedness, and it’s easy to see the disdain for writers on most websites.

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Dear Rupert Murdoch (and Mark Zuckerberg)

Sep 19, 2016

Open Letter by Jeremiah Horrigan

As I’ve learned the hard way, Mr. Murdoch, you weren’t the worst thing to happen to me or journalism.

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