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Section 04

Correspondence

Two editions in an envelope. Four entries on the post: what went into the envelope, who it went to, and what came back.

4 entries

Round glasses and a fountain pen rest on twine-tied airmail envelopes beside old newspapers

Plate 01. What arrives is a publication rather than a letter, and that changes how it is read.

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Entries in Correspondence

Numbered as filed
  • 01 Two editions in an envelope Schools exchanged printed papers rather than letters. What arrives is a publication, which is a different thing to receive. By Peter Vantroyen · Correspondence · 4 min read
  • 02 Writing for strangers A reader two hundred miles away shares no context. The prose changes accordingly. By Marguerite Auclair · Correspondence · 2 min read
  • 03 The network Who was posting to whom, and how the map of it grew by introduction rather than by plan. By Thomas Rilke · Correspondence · 2 min read
  • 04 What came back Replies, corrections and the occasional argument in print. By Nadia Sorrel · Correspondence · 2 min read

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