Letters to Dead Authors & Artists

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Letter #9: To Edgar Allan Poe from Rachielle Sheffler
"I first heard your name from Papa when I was a ten-year-old girl in the Philippines."
Oct 30 • 
Rachielle Sheffler
39
53
Letter #8: To Mary Shelley from Patti M. Hall
"Critics said your work was the product of a 'diseased and wandering imagination.'"
Oct 23 • 
Patti M Hall
42
39
Letter #7: To Natalie Babbitt from K. Woodman-Maynard
"How were you so brave?"
Oct 16 • 
K. Woodman-Maynard
65
45
Letter #6: To bell hooks from Kristin Tweedale
"I think you’d be proud of a little chronically ill white girl doing her best to teach your legacy through art and stories."
Oct 9 • 
Kristin Tweedale
43
13
Letter #5: To Vincent Van Gogh from Robyn Ryle
"Is it your loneliness that makes you feel so alive?"
Oct 2 • 
Robyn Ryle
58
37

September 2025

Letter #4: To Henry Darger from Samantha Dion Baker
"You just kept going, hour after hour, obsessively and compulsively."
Sep 25 • 
Samantha Dion Baker
50
35
Letter #3: To Dard Hunter from Beth Kephart
"What does it say about me that I still see the stuff of a hero in this?"
Sep 18 • 
Beth Kephart
40
29
Letter #2: To James Thurber from Peter Moore
"It sucks that you're gone. Because we could all use a laugh right now."
Sep 11 • 
Peter Moore
53
37
Letter #1: To Shel Silverstein from Beth Spencer
"The stars have lost their shimmer"
Sep 4 • 
Beth Spencer
127
80

June 2025

Welcome to Letters to Dead Authors & Artists
Starting September 4, 2025!
Jun 25 • 
Kelcey Ervick
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