Letters to Dead Authors & Artists
Kelcey Ervick, Myq Kaplan, Samantha Dion Baker, Robyn Ryle, Jason McBride, Jane R. Shore, Amy Makechnie, Pat Coakley, Patti M Hall, Kristin Tweedale, Margreet de Heer, K. Woodman-Maynard, Alex Hallatt, Jo Scott, Jamal Robinson, Cecilia Stanford, Rachielle Sheffler, Wait a minute!, Darien Gee, Beth Kephart, Rachael, Sara Levine, Martha Kuhlman, Kristin CzarneckiLetters from the living to the dead. Curated by Kelcey Ervick.
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| Issues | 27 | Subscribers | Read | letterstodeadartists.substack.com |
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Letter #26: To Eric Carle from Haley Weaver
Welcome to the 26th installment of Letters to Dead Authors & Artists. Letters like this one are the reason I started this project. ’s letter to Eric Carle, author of the beloved children’s book The Very Hungry Caterpillar, goes in an unexpe...
Letter #25: To Charles Perrault from Amy Makechnie
Welcome to the 25th installment of Letters to Dead Authors & Artists. Next week, on Feb 26, it is National Tell a Fairy Tale Day, which honestly sounds fake but seems like as good a reason as any to run this short but potent letter to Charl...
Letter #24: To Tom Robbins from Cecilia Stanford
Welcome to the 24th installment of Letters to Dead Authors & Artists. This week is the first anniversary of the death of Tom Robbins, and in this playful letter, writes to him for the second time—with the help of her dog Coco Bean.
Letter #23: To Franz Kafka from Martha Kuhlman
Welcome to the 23rd installment of Letters to Dead Authors & Artists. I met Martha Kuhlman at a comics conference in Michigan a few years ago, and we bonded when she shared comics inspired by Franz Kafka, a writer who is important to me too...
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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.
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I am an artist, author and teacher based in Brooklyn, NY, drawing, painting, and writing about the world around me on the pages of my sketch journal.
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Haiku-poet-cartoonist making weird, beautiful stuff for weird, beautiful people. he/him
Learning scientist, school co-founder, writer & illustrator. Reinventing research as a recovering academic. Investing in a people-based future. Author of “People-Based Learning: The Future of Learning is Human” Routledge, Spring 2026.
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First Comic Artist Laureate of The Netherlands; now "just" comic artist, with a wide variety of work.
Bestselling graphic novelist of Tuck Everlasting (Macmillan), comics coach, and lover of British murder mysteries. Author of Creating Comics Substack for artists who want to keep making art even when it's hard.
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 | Lover of simplicity and play.
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 am a National Book Award finalist and paper artist. Books include Tomorrow Will Bring Sunday's News and My Life in Paper. Paper art at bind-arts.com. I write of craft on the Stack. Memoir resources at junctureworkshops.com
I'm a writer and teacher of creative nonfiction. My current project is a collection of essays about crime narratives.
Writer and teacher. Author of the novels The Hitch (Roxane Gay Books, 2026) and Treasure Island!!! (Europa Editions, 2012).
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