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Spook, Spuck, Spack, Speek, Spouk, Spaak, Spilk, Spiak, Spunk, Spank, Spink...
Happy Star Trek Day
Sep 8 • 
Shaun Usher
85
10
All the ladies like whiskers
A young girl writes to Abraham Lincoln with a suggestion
Sep 6 • 
Shaun Usher
92
6
You must refill the hot tub after your parties
A letter to Joan Rivers from her daughter/landlord
Sep 4 • 
Shaun Usher
113
3

August 2025

Your books are still helping those who have remained
A heartfelt letter of thanks to the Queen of Crime
Aug 26 • 
Shaun Usher
121
11
Art is....
...the mathematical result of the emotional desire for beauty.
Aug 22 • 
Shaun Usher
120
6
I hope you will never get this letter
Before covering the Vietnam War, Martha Gellhorn writes to her mother
Aug 19 • 
Shaun Usher
113
4
Am I really writing it at all?
Raymond Chandler introduces his cat
Aug 17 • 
Shaun Usher
133
12
You go to hell, you
On this day in letters
Aug 3 • 
Shaun Usher
118
6
His life has now passed over into yours
Rilke writes to a grieving friend
Aug 1 • 
Shaun Usher
179
22

July 2025

To The Man Who Killed My Dog
A letter that moved a nation
Jul 28 • 
Shaun Usher
124
7
What cure is there for human stupidity?
An evergreen letter of note
Jul 27 • 
Shaun Usher
139
9
Diaries of Note
Featuring Louise Brealey, Matt Berry, and others
Jul 11 • 
Shaun Usher
54
9
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