Sandy Tolan, currently a professor at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, was one of Aaron’s correspondents. He tells his story at The Atlantic: One morning in Milwaukee in 1972, I read in the sports...
Lindsay O’Neill is Assistant Professor of History at the University of Southern California. This interview is based on her new book, The Opened Letter: Networking in the Early Modern British World (University of Pennsylvania Press, October 2014). JF:Â What led you...
I have offered some of thoughts on this subject here, but you should consider these thoughts alongside Lisa Clark Diller‘s recent post at the blog of The Historical Society, “‘Tis the Season for Letters of Recommendation.” Diller offers helpful tips […]
I can’t remember the last time I received a letter in the mail. Can you? Over at U.S. Intellectual History, Elisabeth Lasch-Quinn reflects on the demise in letter writing. In this first installment of what will be a multiple-part series, […]
