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“Nothing compares to arriving home to find a physical letter in your mailbox,” McSweeney’s Publisher & Executive Director Amanda Uhle tells us. She explains: “Expect the unexpected: letters to articles of clothing, communiques to ex-lovers and future employers, fictional, farcical, factual and brilliant takes on an endless range of topics. It’s exciting to think of thousands of people taking a pause to enjoy these missives and maybe even feeling moved to send a handwriting-on-paper note to someone in their own lives, too. There’s simply too much email in the world and far, far too little real mail. The Letters Club is a tiny step toward improving that balance.” 

The first set of letters is scheduled to hit the mail next week, and will feature writing from Avery Truffleman and art from Taehyoung Maria Jeon. The letters will only be mailed once and will never be available online, and they come with a postcard featuring some original art. Subscriptions will run you $30 for three months, or $100 for a year; subscribe by November 15 to receive the first letter.