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Letters of Note: An Eclectic Collection of Correspondence Deserving of a Wider Audience by Shaun Usher
4.5
dark emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective sad fast-paced
This was a stupendously eclectic mix of letters, not what I was expecting at all. There’s no theme for this collection beyond they doubtlessly each deserve to be read by a wide audience. Some are funny, others sad, many poignant, and others just beautifully written. I was expecting going into this to find a few gems and probably have to slog through a lot of less interesting content, but I was pleasantly surprised. Not only were there far more gems than I expected I can’t really think of any that I didn’t find at least interesting. I won’t list all the ones which I found brilliant, but just a few highlights which also serve to illustrate the breadth of content. 

 
  • Leonardo De Vinci on Building War Machines. 
  • Virgina Woolf’s Suicide Letter. 
  • 11 Year old girls Letter to Abraham Lincoln advising him to grow a beard. 
  • Nasa scientist defending space exploration to a nun. 
  • Kurt Vonnegut to a school administrator who had his books burned. 
  • A response to a government request to remove unauthorized dams which were built by beavers. 
  • Flannery o Conner’s reply to an English Teacher discussing their interpretation of her book.