letters, new york, performance art, typewriter

New York Man Writes Free Letters for Strangers

In this age of email, only a few people would actually take the time to write letters and send them through the traditional postal system. New Yorker Brandon Woolf is a performance artist who decided to bring letter writing to the spotlight. He recently set up a workspace near a Brooklyn mailbox, consisting of a ...

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A manual typewriter.

Lin Yutang, the Man Who Brought China to the West

Anyone who speaks Mandarin Chinese will end up using at least one of the words invented by cultural giant Lin Yutang. Lin Yutang’s mountain home gives a sometimes playful revelation of the inner life of the man who is said to have done more than anyone else to bring China to the West. Of his ...

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Lin Yutang's main study room.