Here is a common scene: A supervisor agrees to write your letter of recommendation with one condition—you draft it. Shocker. We, too, were surprised the first time this happened to us. We assumed ...

The art of letter writing is not dead. Rachel Syme, a New Yorker staff writer, learned that during the early days of the pandemic. Longing for human connection, she asked her followers on social media ...

Even if you’ve hit the jackpot and are heading to work for a company with better perks, leaving your job is never easy. You have to say goodbye to your work friends, close the door on future projects, ...

Summer stretches before us, with all its potential for meeting research and writing goals. But if you’re going on the faculty-job market for the first time — as a recent Ph.D. or an advanced doctoral ...

In my writing class this week, we did an exercise: writing letters. To be honest, I don’t write many letters, and definitely haven’t written and sent a proper letter in my time at Cornell. My mom is ...

"What is healing, but a shift in perspective?” — Mark Doty, Heaven’s Coast Transactional writing — or letter writing — gets you beyond what you thought you could not get over. With all the other ways ...

Writing samples are a commonly required component when applying for jobs that heavily feature writing. That makes complete ...

For many, putting feelings into words isn’t easy, but one Tulsa man is on a mission to help a million parents do just that. Blake Brewer started the Legacy Letter Challenge five years ago. He calls it ...