An Archive of Editor's Letters
JUNE
On Chana's letter, and on public vs. private prose. 2000-06-19
On Lynn's letter, and on letters vs. magazine articles. 2000-06-20
On his own letter, and on self-conscious vs. unselfconscious writing. 2000-06-21
On X's letter, and on the Dear Whom question. 2000-06-22
On Marc's letter, and on Timothy McSweeney's Internet Tendency, with comments from readers concerning "Repo Man," "Honey I Blew Up the Kid," and an impulsive trip to Medicine Hat. 2000-06-23
On the Sarah Jones interview, and on interviews with non-celebrities in general. 2000-06-24
On Samantha's letters, on our first weekly issue, and on the 37 least powerful people in Seattle. 2000-06-26
Emily White on Samantha's letters. 2000-06-27
On Noah's letter, and on writers vs. "writers." 2000-06-28
On X's letter, and on submissions. 2000-06-29
On Sam and Zak, and on the second weekly issue. 2000-06-30
JULY
On Sarah's letter, and on pushing the envelope. 2000-07-04
On Blue's letter, and on zines as correspondence. 2000-07-06
On Jonathan's letter, and on Paul Anka's sex appeal. 2000-07-07
On this week's conversation, and on devotion. 2000-07-08
On Chana's letter, and on a disturbing dream. 2000-07-10
On Tabatha's letter, and on Disneyland. 2000-07-11
On X.'s letter, and on episodic writing. 2000-07-12
On Scott's letter, and on our press coverage. 2000-07-13
On Andrew's letter, on voyeurism, and on what a letter really is. 2000-07-14
On Emily's letter, and on theme weeks. 2000-07-17
On Craig's letter, and on Anonymous Juice. 2000-07-18
On Joel's letter, and on Larry Johnson's four-point play. 2000-07-19
On Ian's letter, and on the birth of Open Letters. 2000-07-21
On Pete's letter, and on correspondence between dishwashers. 2000-07-24
On Heather's letter, by Jonathan Goldstein. 2000-07-25
On Andy's letter, and on his freestylin' legacy. 2000-07-26
On Bill's letter, and on subscriptions, with commentary from Joel Lovell. 2000-07-27
On Alivia's letter, and on the voyeurism debate redux. 2000-07-28
On the Ninja conversation, and on Deirdre Dolan's previous work. 2000-07-29
On Michael's letter, and on on-line journalism. 2000-07-31
AUGUST
On refrigerated laptops, and on the Malvern Girls. 2000-08-01
On Aliza's letter, and on episodes. 2000-08-02
On Kevin's letter, and on a little email crisis. 2000-08-03
On Ethan's letter, and on Texas Hold 'Em.
2000-08-04
On Jorge's letter, and on the Dailies. 2000-08-05
On X's letter, and on the coming hiatus. 2000-08-07
On Sharon's letter, and on Ajax Maple. 2000-08-08
On Lillie's letter, and on media and messages. 2000-08-09
On Nick's letter, and some more on the hiatus. 2000-08-10
On X.'s letter, and on how we'll spend our summer vacation. 2000-08-11
SEPTEMBER
On John's letter, and on how we spent our hiatus. 2000-09-05
On Cheryl's letter, and on the end of summer. 2000-09-06
On David's letter, and on a photo in the dark. 2000-09-07
On Paul's letter, and on Oriana Fallaci. 2000-09-08
On Eilis's conversation, and on top of a ferris wheel. 2000-09-09
On Rory's letter, and on the idea of writing back. 2000-09-11
On Stephen's letter, and on two coincidental performances. 2000-09-12
On Amy's letter, and on her former column. 2000-09-13
On Adam's letter, and on the second life of certain open letters. 2000-09-15
On Anonymous's letter, and on job opportunities at Microsoft. 2000-09-19
On Dennis's letter, and on what happens when your father finds you grilling hamburgers in the backyard at dawn. 2000-09-20
On Stacey's letter, and on reading Open Letters while you walk. 2000-09-22
On Pete's letter, and on our week of returning correspondents. 2000-09-25
On Aliza's letter, and on a time warp. 2000-09-26
On Cheryl's letter, and on her previous work. 2000-09-27
On Paul T.'s letter, on the new Geist, on the global village, and on Liz Clayton. 2000-09-28
On Paul M.'s letter, and on small-claims court. 2000-09-29
OCTOBER
On Greg's letter, on NAFTA, and on the problem with our home page. 2000-10-02
On Ian's first installment, and on our installment plan. 2000-10-03
On Ian's second installment, and on time travel. 2000-10-04
On Robbie's first installment, on Hattie's Hat, and on the Mucky Duck. 2000-10-05
On Robbie's second installment, and on next week's letters. 2000-10-06
On Miriam's letter, and on the end of the X. letters. 2000-10-09
On Jessica's letter, and on handwritten letters. 2000-10-11
On M.'s letter, on schizophrenia, and on symbolism. 2000-10-12
On M.'s letter, and on her new job. 2000-10-13
On John's letter, and on Open Letters: the handheld version. 2000-10-16
On Jourdon's letter, on our bookstore project, and on a surefire way to get beaten up in Winnipeg. 2000-10-17
On Julie's letter, and on Il nuovo Radiohead. 2000-10-18
On Lauren's letter, and on other workplace letters. 2000-10-19
On Sheila's letter, on dread, on smoking-break reading, and on a Jai Alai show. 2000-10-20
On Jonathan's letter, and on self-referentiality. 2000-10-23
On Heather's letter, and on our new illustrations. 2000-10-24
On Kevin's letter, and on a visit to KHUM. 2000-10-25
On Leanne's letter, and on our visual side. 2000-10-26
On Chana's letter, on our second hiatus, and on a high school reunion. 2000-10-27
NOVEMBER
On Sarah's letter, and on the democratic process. 2000-11-06
On Michael's letter, and on early returns. 2000-11-07
On Kevin's letter, and on chain emails. 2000-11-09
On Mrs. Ross's letter, and on Remembrance Day. 2000-11-10
On Paul's letter, on moving, and on de-munging attachments. 2000-11-13
On Cheryl's letter, and on emailing a friend. 2000-11-14
On Golda's letter, on writing about music, and on two more bookstores. 2000-11-15
On Craig's letter, and on moving, again. 2000-11-16
On Josh's letter, and on ballot irregularities. 2000-11-20
On Rick's letter, and on memory control. 2000-11-21
On Jessica's letter, and on reaction to her first letter. 2000-11-22
On Dean's letter, and on today's election. 2000-11-27
On Bruce's letter, and on our new bilingualism. 2000-11-28
On Michael's letter, and on romantic encounters on trains. 2000-11-29
DECEMBER
On Todd's letter, and on Atomic Books and Aquarius Records. 2000-12-01
On Kevin's letter, and on our renovated archives. 2000-12-04
On Aliza's letter, and on catching up. 2000-12-05
On Aliza's letter, and on Rosh Hashanah. 2000-12-06
On Cheryl's questions, and Matt's answers. 2000-12-07
On Aliza's letters, and on next week's guest editor. 2000-12-08
On the letter to Tiger, and on the birth of Other People's Mail. 2000-12-11
On the Danny/Brandi collection, and on the morality of voyeurism. 2000-12-12
On the Amazon letters, and on creative customer service. 2000-12-13
On Lady Stardust's letter, and on the art of the con. 2000-12-14
On the bodybuilder letter, and on the benefits of working at Kinko's. 2000-12-15
On the woodworking letter, and on the rebirth of Other People's Mail. 2000-12-16
On Angelica's letter, and on some loose ends. 2000-12-18
On Paul's letter, and on Gore v. Bush. 2000-12-19
On Stephen's letter, and on fakery. 2000-12-21
On Heather's letter, and on her previous letters. 2000-12-27
On Jonathan's letter, and on Henry David Thoreau. 2000-12-29
JANUARY
On B.'s letter, and on endings. 2001-01-01
On Brian's letter, on punk-rock energy, and on giving us your money. 2001-01-02
On Scott's letter, and on shooting the dog. 2001-01-03


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