Lois Barry, award-winning Professor English and Writing, has assembled an intriguing miscellany of letter-writing history, facts, quotations and writing suggestions. Nearly 200 quotations celebrate letter writing from Lord Byron’s classic assertion that “Letter writing is the only device for combining solitude with good company,” to Kate Spade’s modern appreciation, “It’s uplifting to get a letter―like an ‘ooh!’ in your mail box.” Marianne Moore’s enthusiastic report, “I had a letter from Elisabeth [Bishop] a day or two ago, which I’m thinking of having tattooed on me …” balances Anne Sexton’s poignant relief, “I’m glad you wrote to me. I thought I had died or something,” Ada Leverson cautions, “You don’t know a woman until you have received a letter from her,” while John Donne romantically declares “More than kisses, letters mingle souls.” Chapters of quotations cover all aspects of correspondence: writing letters, receiving letter . CLICK HERE TO START DOWNLOAD