Month of Letters Challenge- Week 1: Mark Twain in Hawaii

by Misty on February 10, 2012
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Before he was a famous novelist, Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) was a journalist sent to Hawai‘i on assignment for the California newspaper The Sacramento Union. In 1866 he was to spend four months in the Sandwich Isles and report back his findings and observations. In a series of twenty-five letters, that are still today one of the best pieces […]

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The Lost Art of Letter Writing: The Month of Letters Challenge

by Misty on February 3, 2012
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Novelist author Mary Robinette Kowal is bringing stationery back through a month long challenge to revive the art and practice of letter writing. February 1st marked the launch of “A Month of Letters Challenge.” Kowal hopes that writers and writers at heart will take on the challenge as a fun, creative exercise that could turn into a […]

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