Shaun Usher, creator of the popular blog Letters of Note, delves deeply into the world of human correspondence. His fascination with letters is particularly interesting given his own struggles with replying to messages from friends and family. Through his work, he explores how letters reveal unique facets of the human experience and communication. His collection highlights the enduring significance of the written word in the digital age.
In Letters of Note: Grief, Shaun Usher gathers together some of the most powerful messages about grief, from the heart-wrenching pain of losing a loved one to reliving fond memories of those who have passed on.Includes letters by Audre Lorde, Robert Frost, Nick Cave, Rainer Maria Rilke, Colette, Virginia Woolf, Kahlil Gibran, Edith Wharton, Helen Keller, Albert Einstein, Seungsahn Haengwon, & many more.
In Letters of Note: New York, Shaun Usher curates a collection of extraordinary written exchanges about the Big Apple, from the marvelling of wide-eyed newcomers and the devoted outpourings of native citizens, to the frustrated outcries of the dispossessed and the fond reminiscences of old-timers. Includes letters by: Italo Calvino, Ralph Ellison Kahlil Gibran, Bianca Jagger Helen Keller, Martin Scorsese Saum Song Bo, Rebecca West & many more.
In Letters of Note: Space, Shaun Usher brings together fascinating correspondence about the universe beyond our planet, with hopeful thoughts expressed about the future of space travel, awestruck messages penned about the world beyond our own, fearful warnings given of the same and celebrations of the human ingenuity that has facilitated our understanding of the cosmos. Includes letters by: Buzz Aldrin, Isaac Asimov Marion Carpenter, Yuri Gagarin Mae Jemison, Stanley Kubrick Nikola Tesla, Neil DeGrasse Tyson & many more.
In Letters of Note: Dogs, Shaun Usher brings together a delightful collection of correspondence on canines, featuring affectionate accounts of pups' playful misdemeanours, heartfelt tributes to loyal fidos and shared tales of remarkable hounds.Includes letters by:Clara Bow, Bob HopeCharles Lamb, Sue Perkins,Marcel Proust, Dodie SmithGertrude Stein, Virginia Woolf& many more.
A splendid new volume of missives about art, from the author of the bestselling Letters of Note collections. Vincent Van Gogh curses the stare of the blank canvas. Salvador Dali contemplates mailing a piece of his 'lobster-colored pajamas' to Federico Lorca. Hollis Frampton, to the MoMA, demands that artists be paid. The dean of students at San Francisco Art Institute argues to Alicia McCarthy, in very stern words, that graffit is not art but, rather, a "pain in the ass." In a letter to the editor, Martin Scorsese defends and celebrates Fellini's filmmaking. This collection celebrates extraordinary correspondence about art, from missives on the agony of being overlooked, the ecstacy of producing work that excits, to surprising sources of inspiration and rousing manifestos. These thirty letters show us the many ways that art and life can intersect, and what we talk about when they do. Includes letters from Carl Jung, Mary Cassatt, Mark Rothko, Oscar Wilde, Frida Kahlo, Mick Jagger, and more.
A compulsive collection of the world's most entertaining, inspiring and powerful letters with fathers at their heart, curated by the founder of the global phenomenon lettersofnote.com
In Letters of Cats , Shaun Usher collects together the most engaging missives that celebrate, eulogise, rail against and analyse the idiosyncratic ways of our feline companions. James Joyce, Elizabeth TaylorErasmus Darwin, Ernest HemingwayChester Himes, Raymond ChandlerJohn Cheever, Edward LearSylvia Townsend Warner, Jack Lemmon& many more
In Letters of Love , Shaun Usher gathers together some of the most powerful messages about love ever composed, whether inspired by love's first blush or the recriminations at its ending, the regrets of unrequited feelings and the joys of passions known. Includes letters Simone de Beauvoir, Frida KahloGeorgia O'Keeffe, Zora Neale HurstonEvelyn Waugh, Vita Sackville-WestNelson Mandela, Ansel Adams& many more
An inspired and inspiring collection of letters on the theme of music, from the curator of the world-renowned Letters of Note website.
In Letters of Note: Mothers, Shaun Usher gathers together exceptional missives by and to mothers, celebrating the joy and grief, humour and frustration, wisdom and sacrifice the role brings to both parent and child. Includes letters by:Caitlin Moran, Sylvia Plath,Martin Luther King Jr., George Bernard Shaw,E.B. White, Laura Dern, Louisa May Alcott,Edna St. Vincent Millay, Bette Davis,Richard Wagner, Martha Gellhorn& many more