A Pain Letter is a new-millennium alternative to a cover letter. It's a letter. It has black or blue ink on a white page, but that's about all that a Pain Letter has in common with a cover letter.

In her new book, Syme's Letter Writer, Rachel Syme of The New Yorker explains how to write a delightful letter to a loved one. Unlike texting and email, old-fashioned letters, hand-addressed and sent ...

For centuries, biographers have been able to rely on a priceless resource when it comes to 18th, 19th and 20th century figures: their subjects’ epistolary correspondence. But things will be different ...

Considering February is the month of love, what better time could there be to write a love letter or poem to a beloved? To be loved and nurtured is a universal need. Being loved creates feelings of ...

A few years ago, I wrote “A Letter to College Students (From All Profs)” in which I provided advice to students about how to ask for letters of recommendation. Interestingly, just as students do not ...

Writing an effective business letter is an important skill no matter what type of job you hold. Although business communications have become much more casual with the advent of the internet and email, ...