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![]() Husband Until Death, slave Abream Scriven’s final letter to his wife and family after being sold to another master in 1858.īreak Break Break, a quick and funny telegram sent by Sylvia Plath to her family after suffering a skiing injury.ġ984 Vs. ![]() Sorrow Comes To All, a warm personal note of comfort from Abraham Lincoln to Fanny McCullough, the grieving daughter of a friend killed in the Civil War back in 1862 (“You are sure to be happy again”). I’ll Rap Your Head With A Ratchet, producer Steve Albini’s lengthy letter to Nirvana just prior to working on their final studio album In Utero. ![]() I don’t understand what it is about”, Crumb ponders). The first offering, Torturing The Saxophone, comic artist and jazz enthusiast Robert Crumb’s wonderfully bewildered response to a CD sent by Swedish saxophonist and fan Mats Gustafsson (“I just don’t get it. ![]() The follow-up to Usher’s Letters Of Note (and last year’s similarly lovely Lists Of Note) is another glossy tome full to bursting with letters (handwritten, typed, printed, transcribed, whatever) sent throughout history for just about every reason humanly possible. Compiled by Shaun Usher (Canongate) 2015, 365pp, RRP $59.99 ![]()
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