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Possible Conversations

Letter is a public platform for one-on-one letter exchanges. We have recently completed an Impossible Conversations competition, in which the judges—Heather Heying, Russ Roberts, John Wood jr. and our own…

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2 min

Letter from the Editor

Welcome to the Areo Community on Letter

London, May 2020 Dear Writers and Readers, Welcome to the new Areo Magazine community on Letter. Since its launch in 2016, this magazine has provided a forum for calm, reasonable voices…

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10 min

Impossible Conversations: An Invitation

The illusion of unity isn’t worth having.—Christopher Hitchens Note: We’re currently holding an Impossible Conversations competition at Letter. This article will explain why and give examples of conversations that epitomise…

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12 min

How to Write a Letter

“Appearances are against me. Don’t believe them. I have written you in intention fifty letters.” —Charles Dickens, letter to Lady Blessington, 1844 There are no hard and fast rules for…

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16 min

The Humane Art: Why We Should All Read and Write Letters

Scarcely any species of composition deserves more to be cultivated than the epistolary style—Samuel Johnson, 1751 Such [letters] as are written from wise men are of all the words of…

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Possible Conversations

Welcome to the Areo Community on Letter

Impossible Conversations: An Invitation

How to Write a Letter

The Humane Art: Why We Should All Read and Write Letters

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