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NEWS ABOUT: correspondence

correspondence stories: 5 news summaries

 Letters Reveal 
 Byron's Feud 
 With 'Turdsworth' 

Unpublished correspondence up for sale

Sep 28, 09 8:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - A collection of letters written by Lord Byron to a clergyman, some of them unpublished, sheds new light on the Romantic poet—who discloses his sexual escapades with servants and angry opinions of fellow writers. Several letters refer to a serving girl whom he took as his mistress; he dumped... More »

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Sotheby's • literature • letters • poetry • English literature • correspondence

 Will Your Letter 
 Reach Obama? 
 This Guy Decides 

White House correspondence head chooses 10 per day

Apr 20, 09 11:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House Correspondence Office sorts through tens of thousands of messages daily, and it’s up to its director to select which 10 find President Obama’s desk. But how to choose? “We pick messages that are compelling, things people say that, when you read it, you get... More »

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Barack Obama • email • correspondence • Obama administration • President Obama • letter • Mike Kelleher

(Newser) - His personal life may now have all the sex appeal of tea in tweed, but once upon a time Prince Charles was a randy sailor writing risque letters to "exciting ladies (who) lurk behind bushes in order to pounce on unsuspecting naval officers … !" Six such letters, believed... More »

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Prince of Wales • Prince Charles • Navy • letters • British royals • love letter • correspondence

Vonnegut Protégé Will Share His Wisdom

Ex-lover plans volume of late writer's letters

Jan 14, 09 8:53 AM CST
(Newser) - Aspiring novelists, Kurt Vonnegut has some advice for you: “Write a play.” It’s easier. That, and other nuggets of wisdom, will be available for the first time when Vonnegut’s private correspondence with one of his students is published in April, the New York Post reports. Loree... More »

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Kurt Vonnegut • letters • affair • author • book • correspondence • Loree Rackstraw

Mugabe Love Story Sparked Hatred of UK

In the 1960s, he begged London not
to deport his wife

Apr 6, 08 3:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - Robert Mugabe's hatred of the British may have stemmed from an affair of the heart, reports the Independent. Newly released letters from the 1960s show the future tyrant openly begged London not to deport his then-wife, Sally Mugabe, who had fled Rhodesia in the 1960s when he was jailed... More »

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Zimbabwe • Robert Mugabe • United Kingdom • letters • deportation • Rhodesia • Sally Hayfron • correspondence • Harold Wilson

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