Letters come with the promise of intimacy and privacy. They allow us to open up in ways that we wouldn’t otherwise. “I’m a ...

Mr. Frederic Durbin and his analog writing students tell PEOPLE about typewriting letters to Tom Hank — and his replies.

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To celebrate the 30th edition of the L.A. Times Festival of Books, we asked authors, editors, critics and scholars to select ...

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