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FROM: Anna Holmes <annaholmes@earthlink.net>
REC'D: 3/25/02, 1:43 PM

Hi,

I'm currently working on an anthology of women's breakup/"Dear John" letters
for publisher Carroll & Graf. By this I mean letters in which a woman is
actually breaking off a romance or commenting on, venting about, mourning,
or explaining an already-ended romance.

I'm writing to solicit suggestions from you as to books/short stories that
have such letters in them, as I will be using fictional letters in addition
to real ones in the book.

Suggestions can be emailed to me at:

annaholmes@earthlink.net

Thanks very much for your time - I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Anna Holmes

FROM: Dennis Lien <Dennis.K.Lien-1@tc.umn.edu>
REC'D: 3/26/02, 9:14 AM

At 02:34 PM 3/25/02 -0500, you wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>I'm currently working on an anthology of women's breakup/"Dear John" letters
>for publisher Carroll & Graf. By this I mean letters in which a woman is
>actually breaking off a romance or commenting on, venting about, mourning,
>or explaining an already-ended romance.
>
>I'm writing to solicit suggestions from you as to books/short stories that
>have such letters in them, as I will be using fictional letters in addition
>to real ones in the book.

No stories come to mind, but if you might be open to poetry, take a
look at "Parting, Without a Sequel" by John Crowe Ransom.

A (probably copyright-violating?) text can be found online at the
bottom of this page:

http://mhmele.org/poetry/june.htm

Dennis Lien / U of Minnesota Libraries // d-lien@tc.umn.edu

FROM: "Quillen, Christine" <CQUILL@camden.lib.nj.us>
REC'D: 3/29/02, 2:41 PM

I haven't read either of them, so I'm not completely sure that they are
exactly what you're looking for, but.....

To my ex-husband by Susan Dundon
Perfect harmony by Barbara Wood

C. L.
-----Original Message-----
From: Anna Holmes [mailto:annaholmes@earthlink.net]
Sent: Monday, March 25, 2002 2:35 PM
To: Fiction_L
Subject: Letter fiction query

Hi,

I'm currently working on an anthology of women's breakup/"Dear John" letters
for publisher Carroll & Graf. By this I mean letters in which a woman is
actually breaking off a romance or commenting on, venting about, mourning,
or explaining an already-ended romance.

I'm writing to solicit suggestions from you as to books/short stories that
have such letters in them, as I will be using fictional letters in addition
to real ones in the book.

Suggestions can be emailed to me at:

annaholmes@earthlink.net

Thanks very much for your time - I look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Anna Holmes

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