Anyone who's ever written or received a love letter would grudgingly have to agree: In the cold, sober, harsh light of day, love letters read a little crazy. How could they not? A good mash note comes straight from the heart, skipping the brain entirely.
And that's exactly what drew former Life magazine editor Bill Shapiro to riffle around in America's bottom drawers, top shelves and back-of-closet shoeboxes to pull together Other People's Love Letters: 150 Letters You Were Never Meant to See.
Lines like "i think UR great. wanna have wine & Tequila again sometime?" or "P.S. I look forward to your letters too much to call. Also, where do you stand on chains?" make this book punch-drunk love perfection.
written on Wednesday Nov 7, 2007
crazy love.
