Letters of Note

LOOK: Why Reagan Denied Seventh Grader's Request For 'Disaster Relief'

Posted 05.18.2012

In the years since it was first started, Shaun Usher's blog Letters of Note has brought fans more than 750 missives from famous figures past and prese...

Keith Meets Mick, Writes Adorable Letter

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 04.12.2012

Letters Of Note has a wonderful find up today from the depths of Keith Richards' autobiography "Life," a letter an 18-year-old Richards wrote to his a...

11 Amazing Thank You Notes From Famous People

Posted 03.05.2012

Written by Adrienne Crezo for Mental Floss Letters of Note is one of our favorite places to hang out. Since 2009 the site has curated hundreds of ...

A Classic Sid Vicious Love Letter To Nancy Uncovered

Huffington Post | Lucas Kavner | Posted 02.07.2012

If we sifted through your old drawers and boxes and published all the love letters you wrote at 20 years old, chances are there would be some embarras...

Nick Cave's (Wonderfully) Manic Rejection Letter To MTV

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 02.06.2012

Remember that time Nick Cave said no to an MTV award with a pleasantly hysterical letter? Nope? Well here's the calmer first bit of the Australian sin...

Read David Foster Wallace No-Edit Threat To Harper's

Posted 12.21.2011

Letters of Note has unearthed (via Flickr) a cover letter both funny and deadly serious that David Foster Wallace faxed to Harper's magazine demanding...