Jan 2022

from

Bryan Washington

Dear Ono-san,

I hope you and yours are taking care—once again, I’d like to apologize for my massive delay. I spent December …

Oct 2021

from

Ono Masatsugu

Dear Bryan,

I hope this finds you well. I was so surprised when I read your letter. I couldn’t believe that we’d already m…

Aug 2021

from

Bryan Washington

Dear Ono-san,

It’s been another humid summer in Houston, and just as flat as you recall—but I’ve actually spent most of this…

Dec 2021

from

Roddy Doyle

Dear Kikuko

I agree with you: letters are wonderful things. I used to write books for children, when my own children were …

Nov 2021

from

Tsumura Kikuko

Dear Roddy Doyle,

Hello, and thank you so much for your letter! Before receiving it, I’d of course been in touch with the editor…

Sep 2021

from

Roddy Doyle

Dear Kikuko Tsumura

It was great getting your letter. A real letter too, not a text or an email—Hi! It reminded me of when I worke…

Feb 2022

from

Kelly Link

Dear Aoko,

I’m so very glad to hear that your mother’s cancer was discovered early, and that her surgery went well. I hop…

Jan 2022

from

Matsuda Aoko

Dear Kelly,

Thank you for your reply. Reading your letter, it struck me how lovely a thing it is to have someone share pie…

Dec 2021

from

Kelly Link

Dear Aoko,

In my former life (25 years ago or more, let’s say), I was a letter writer. My work desk, where I sit to write…