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Mary Pauline Lowry's The Roxy Letters

Ground Rules: An Excerpt From THE ROXY LETTERS

Re: Ground Rules

 

Dear Everett,

 

Perhaps I’ve invited you to move into my spare bedroom against my better judgment. But while living with an ex-boyfriend is never a good idea, I really need the money. Last week Roscoe—that irascible little wiener dog—ate not one, but two pairs of my underwear (and my fancy thongs, at that)! The resulting $600 emergency room vet bill, combined with my barely-over-minimum-wage employment and sizable mortgage, has made a housemate a financial necessity.

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Rachael Wolff's Letters from a Better Me

Letters From A Better Me: A Q&A With Author Rachael Wolff

In 2016, I wrote an open letter on my blog about judgment. I signed it, “A Better Me.” From there, I started writing more and more. I’ve been writing letters for so long, both to others and myself, they are the place I feel most vulnerable, honest, committed, and intimate. Read...
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You Wrote To Whom?!

On the one hand, he kind of broke my heart, during a cold and awkward goodbye dinner at a cheap Ethiopian restaurant in Philadelphia. On the other hand, he proved to me that the unicorn combo of good looks, sense of humor, and brains really did exist in the wild and that I wasn’t crazy to keep my standards high in looking for it.

The dude in question was a doe-eyed guy I briefly dated in college, and the reason I was thinking of him was that I was smack-dab in the middle of a project I undertook years later, to write thank-you letters to people who had helped, inspired, or shaped me up to that point in my life.

I’d knocked off the easy categories of “helping” and “inspiring” people first, writing a single one-page letter every week to family members, my closest friends, teachers, mentors, favorite authors.

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Watch: John Oliver Unveils President Harding’s Raunchy Love Letters

The 20th century Commander-in-Chief sure had a naughty way with words.

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Video Chat: Helping Long-Distance Friendships Everywhere

Beyonce and Lady Gaga agree: video chat sessions via Skype or FaceTime are an awesome way to stay close with old friends.

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5 Celebrity Rejection Letters Guaranteed to Make You Feel Better about Your Own Life

Rejection is regrettably a constant part of life. And it’s hard not to internalize it as a denouncement of your entire being.

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