I hit my writing stride when I was naive enough to begin graduate school at age fifty. Liz gonzález’s account of her search for a place to let her creative energy grow, “A Room of (Almost) My Own: Finding Space, and Permission, to Write” ( March/April 2021), filled my memory bank as if an echo. Although I e-mail and use modern accoutrements like a laptop, a tablet, and a smartphone, taking time to sit and handwrite a thoughtful letter to my many pen pals is still a joy. Then there’s the Letter Exchange ( ), which has been around since 1982 and publishes a printed magazine for letter writers three times per year. ![]() There are associations that have an online component used to connect those interested in sending snail mail letters, such as International Correspondence Writing Month ( ). I’ve belonged to more than a few letter-writing organizations for two years or longer. For many, though, this is a practice that predates the coronavirus pandemic. ![]() In response to “ Pandemic Pen Pals” by Emma Hine (March/April 2021), I’m glad that more folks are getting interested in “old-fashioned” snail mail, pen-and-paper letter writing.
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