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Shaun Usher
Dec 29, 2020
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Today, in the first part of a new series that I literally just decided upon as I began typing this sentence, I come bearing some crucial letter-writing advice courtesy of American comedian Fred Allen, from a letter he wrote in 1944 to the young son of a friend.

At the end of your letter you say “I guess I will stop writing. I am coming to the end of the…

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