Syme's Letter Writer: A Guide to Modern Correspondence about (Almost) Every Imaginable Subject of Daily Life, with Odes to Desktop Ephemera

by Rachel Syme

A literary jaunt in praise of the lost art of letter writing that explores a cultural history and the undeniable thrill of old-school correspondence--from New Yorker culture writer Rachel Syme.

Inspired by a bestselling turn-of-the-century correspondence handbook penned by a snooty Victorian who had strong opinions on how to lick a stamp, Rachel Syme has rewritten the staid rules of yore for today's letter writers. Syme insists...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 059323510X
• ISBN13: 9780593235102
• Release Date: December 2024
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter Publishers
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.