For the Love of Letters: The Joy of Slow Communication

Remember letters? They were good, weren't they? The thrill of receiving that battered envelope, all the better for the wait . . .

In this richly entertaining book, paper geek John O'Connell puts forward a passionate case for the value of letter-writing in a distracted, technology-obsessed world.

Drawing on great examples from the past, he shows that the best letters have much to teach us-Samuel Richardson's "Familiar Letters," Wilfred Owen's outpourings to his mother, the sly observational ...