Letters to Dead Authors & Artists
Kelcey Ervick, Myq Kaplan, Haley Weaver, Jason McBride, Dana Jeri Maier, Jane R. Shore, Amy Makechnie, Pat Coakley, Sandra de Helen, Margreet de Heer, Alex Hallatt, Jo Scott, Jamal Robinson, Cecilia Stanford, Rachielle Sheffler, Wait a minute!, Darien Gee, Rachael, Sara Levine, Martha Kuhlman, Lisa Sinicki, Stacy Lynn, Christine Sneed, Kristin CzarneckiLetters from the living to the dead. Curated by Kelcey Ervick.
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| Issues | 33 | Subscribers | Read | letterstodeadartists.substack.com |
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Letter #32: To Ernest H. Shepard from Anne Belov
Welcome to the 32nd installment of Letters to Dead Authors & Artists. This letter is written to Ernest H. Shepard, who created the charming illustrations of A. A. Milne’s Winnie-the-Pooh and Kenneth Grahame’s The Wind in the Willows. He’s a...
Letter #31: To Richard Thompson from Dana Jeri Maier
Wow, it’s the 31st installment of Letters to Dead Authors & Artists! In this week’s letter, shares some of her favorite cartoons created by Richard Thompson, the beloved, smart, and hilarious cartoonist who died ten years ago at age 58. Th...
Letter #30: To Opal Whiteley from Sandra de Helen
Welcome to the 30th installment of Letters to Dead Authors & Artists. We wrap up Women’s History Month with a letter from to Opal Whiteley, who at age 21 brought a book manuscript to the Atlantic Monthly Press office. The editor Ellery Sed...
Letter #29: To Joan Mitchell from Lisa Goell Sinicki
Welcome to the 29th installment of Letters to Dead Authors & Artists. We continue Women’s History Month with this fabulous illustrated letter from to the abstract expressionist artist Joan Mitchell.
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Writer, artist, and professor of creative writing. Author of 4 books including the graphic memoir, THE KEEPER (Avery/Penguin). The Habit of Art is my illustrated newsletter for artmakers, storytellers, poets, and dreamers.
Stand-up comic with new special “Rini” on YouTube now!
illustrator, writer, worrier
Best-selling author, poet-cartoonist, and amateur human making weird, beautiful stuff for weird, beautiful people. he/him
I'm an artist and cartoonist, and the author of the Skip to the Fun Parts: Cartoons and Complaints About the Creative Process. I've been a contributor to the New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs since 2018. Based in Washington, DC.
Author, People-Based Learning: The Future of Learning is Human (2026). Learning scientist, school co-founder & illustrator. Reinventing research as a recovering academic. Investing in a people-based future.
Writer and optimist. Author of The Unforgettable Guinevere St. Clair, Ten Thousand Tries, and The McNifficents. Come along with me as I get my MFA!
I live in a bunker. How do you know if you live in a bunker, too? You bloviate until your head explodes. “It is better to be alone with a good vegetable."-Alain Ducasse
I am a poet/playwright/novelist and avid reader. I also bake, garden, and sew. I will write about all these things and invite you to comment.
First Comic Artist Laureate of The Netherlands; now "just" comic artist, with a wide variety of work.
Cartoonist and writer living in Dorset, England. AI sceptic.
Jo is an award-winning artist and illustrator. Travelling the UK & Europe. Dog Lover since she fell in love with Snoopy aged 5. Author of The Travelling Artist, telling stories in her sketchbook and sticking her nose in other artists' studios.
Poet | 35 | Meditations on the parts of growth that rarely get applauded.
Cecilia Stanford is currently re-inventing herself, after 45 years as a ceramic object maker and professional costumer. She and her little muse, Coco Bean, live in Silver City, New Mexico. ceciliastanford.com
Rachielle Ragasa Sheffler is a keeper of memories. Born in Baguio City, Philippines (Ibaloi land) with roots in Ilocos Sur, settled on Kumeyaay land (So. California). She explores her diasporic identity through oral histories and research.
Ann-Christine Vevera draws comics about growing up in Sweden in the 1970s and 1980s, her childhood experiences with a dad who suffered from mental illness, and her adulthood work on mental health recovery.
On Substack: @Writer-ish and @Drafts, Deals & Detours. Also: Bestselling novelist, published in 11 languages. And: Micro prose author, essayist, editor, teacher. Super proud of: Poetry Society of America fellowship. Writes from: Island of Hawaiʻi.
I'm a writer and teacher of creative nonfiction. My current project is a collection of essays about true crime narratives.
Writer and teacher. Author of the novels The Hitch (Roxane Gay Books, 2026) and Treasure Island!!! (Europa Editions, 2012).
I'm a professor and cartoonist
Writer and artist obsessed with the quirks and absurdities of the human mind and behavior.
Historian, Voter, Writer, Human
Midwesterner in L.A. Bks: The Virginity of Famous Men; Portraits of a Few of the People I've Made Cry; Paris, He Said; Direct Sunlight; Please Be Advised. Best American Short Stories & O. Henry. MFA faculty Northwestern & Stanford Continuing Studies
Author | Executive Director, Rockport Art Association & Museum
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