Letters
Letter writing is a sweet & considerate form of communication I love participating in. Furthermore, writing letters has been a part of abolitionist & Black Feminist praxis for a long time. Although some may consider the letter-writing practice outdated, I prefer the word ancient. Writing letters requires one to set aside time in their present to pen their thoughts, catch up with loved ones, & ask queries of the recipient to read in the future. Perhaps the most intriguing part of the process for me is that organized letter recipients preserve these correspondence in their archives (or make them public). Whether I’m reading Toni Cade Bambera’s 1980 letter to Octavia Butler or James Baldwin’s An Open Letter to My Sister, Miss Angela Davis the care & respect in the letters is my favorite thing to take note of. I often write to people, alive or who are ancestors, whose life experiences I feel will guide me the way I need to go. Please explore the letters I’ve published on Assemblage: Baby’s Breath by clicking the button below!
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Currently, I’m only able to send letters to Australia, Canada, EU, the United States, & the United Kingdom. Hopefully in the future, I can send them to other places but this is where I am starting from. Also the first 100 people to subscribe to Written by Herself, using the promotional code STAMPFANS, will get their first month free✨.
