A gentlemanly riposte to email is being launched by the literary world as Dave Eggers heads a group of authors who are turning instead to the old-fashioned letter.
The critically acclaimed author of A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius is joining in with a new initiative from American arts magazine the Rumpus, which is offering readers the opportunity to receive a letter a week from literary names including Eggers himself, Tao Lin, Stephen Elliott, Nick Flynn, Margaret Cho, Elissa Schappel, Emily Gould and Jonathan Ames. "Think of it as the letters you used to get from your creative friends, before this whole internet/email thing," urged the Rumpus. "Most of the letters will include return addresses (at the author's discretion) in case you want to write the author back."
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Being a letter-writer myself, what do I think about this idea? Absolutely GREAT!
Interesting initiative...nice attempt to preserve such a prolific way of writing!
ReplyDeleteI miss so much those days when we used to write hand-letters, moreover, how exciting to receive one!!!! E-mails are quick but has no magic
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