Why Do Poets Celebrate Other People’s Birthdays But Not Their Own?
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From the Written Letter to Online Commentary, "Hate Mail"
From the New Republic : People are desperate to be heard, to make some sound, any sound, in the world, and hate mail allows them the illusion of doing so. For writers in our culture, marginalized and irrelevant, hate mail at least means that someone is listening, even if with unfriendly ears. [full text]