Letter of the Week
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I wanted to run 40,000 kilometers around the world. In November 1983, having secured my return flight reservation and finished sightseeing in Taipei on the first day, I called my mother in Japan from the hotel to say, “I’ll be back the day after tomorrow.” Returning earlier than planned meant there would be more time…
About the Archivist
This is a curated selection of letters that left a mark on the world, on someone’s life, or just in the margins of time.
Each is transcribed with care and respect for the medium that first carried it: the typewritten page.