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Happy birthday to a gem

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Shaun Usher
Sep 28, 2025
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E. B. White in 1953 (Photo by New York Times Co./Getty Images)

Please drop everything and join me in wishing the happiest of birthdays to E. B. White’s true masterpiece: a perfectly formed letter that never fails to lift my spirits, however dark the day.

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