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form
Letters
The Postcard as a Prose Form
An argument that the postcard, constrained by space and exposed to every reader along the way, has produced some of the most precise prose of the twentieth century.
Letters
The Postscript as a Literary Form
The PS, the second PS, the marginal note added in different ink: a brief defense of the most undervalued unit in the history of the personal letter.
Translation
The Translator's Preface as an Art Form
What can a translator say before her book begins? A close reading of five recent prefaces and the small rhetorical tradition they belong to.