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To: A Year in Provence
Dear A Year in Provence, I know we said our goodbyes last week, but I wanted to tell you how special our time together was to me. I think I laughed more…
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Sarah Avenir
To: The Blue Flower
Dear The Blue Flower, I cried when we said goodbye. I don’t know why exactly, it’s so hard to explain. Isn’t love always? It wasn’t one thing, it was…
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Sarah Avenir
To: The Price of Salt
Dear The Price of Salt, I ached when I read you. I am aching still, thinking about it. Was it really just a few days ago when we said our goodbyes?
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Sarah Avenir
To: Meridian
Dear Meridian, Hoo boy, you are captivating. Even though I’d heard you were a heart breaker and I didn’t know if I wanted to have my heart broken while…
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Sarah Avenir
To: All the Light We Cannot See
I was so excited to read you. Having read Doerr’s Memory Wall and Four Seasons in Rome, I couldn’t wait to see how his gift for detail would come…
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Sarah Avenir
To: Daybook
First, an apology. During our time together, I didn't say much. You shared generously about your life as an artist, daughter, mother, sensitive person…
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Sarah Avenir
To: The Creative Act
The time we spent together has been transformative. What’s it like being an instruction manual for the creative life? I bet every artist you meet never…
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Sarah Avenir
A love note to: The Futurological Congress
Have you ever met someone who made you laugh so hard while you were with them, but then when you went home they had you pondering the meaning of life…
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Sarah Avenir
To: Orlando
I’ve been wanting to write you for a while to tell you how much I enjoyed getting to know you. It’s been a bit, true, but only because I was afraid I…
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Sarah Avenir
To: The Left Hand of Darkness
Is it too much to say you changed my life, and are changing it still? I don’t think it is. When Ursula Le Guin introduced us, she said: In reading a…
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Sarah Avenir
To: A Writer's Diary
When we first met, it was kismet. I’ve experienced a transformative shift in the way I see myself and my writing in the past year. I’ve become bored and…
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Sarah Avenir
To: The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Forgive me for using your English name. I know you prefer the original French, Notre-Dame de Paris, but I was afraid this wouldn’t get to you if I put…
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Sarah Avenir
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