Things handmade and handwritten have a special appeal to me -- perhaps it's something about the humanness of their imperfection and scale. Who doesn't like to find a real letter in the mailbox amidst the stack of bills and solicitations? Postmarked from France, I turned the envelope over in my hands and opened it with curiosity.



Written on stationery imprinted with two pretty leaves in the upper left and a return address of "Suzanne Lopez, 1 rue du 11 Novembre, 64340 Boucau France," i… Continue

Author Emily Barton has two activities of interest to writers:

1) The fiction workshop at Chautauqua (July 12th-16th):
http://writers.ciweb.org/ (there's still time to apply -- the deadline isn't

till Thursday!)



2) The panel discussion on Barthelme in Madison Square Park (July 22nd):
http://nationalbook.org/madsqparkreads.html

by now I think most people have heard of the great Grand Rapids, Michigan http://www.artprize.org/http://www.artprize.org/.


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From artist From artist Peter Walsh:… Continue