This week, as we near the end of 2025, the writers and editors of KQED Arts & Culture are reflecting on One Beautiful Thing ...

Sometimes writing a letter to someone who has pained you won't change a thing, but it will change and heal you.

Here is a common scene: A supervisor agrees to write your letter of recommendation with one condition—you draft it. Shocker. We, too, were surprised the first time this happened to us. We assumed ...

It strips away the usual clutter you see in browser-based word processors and leaves you with a writing environment that ...

Sitting in my favorite downtown pub has become a fond memory as New Mexico enters week three of “social distancing” to slow community spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus. That was where I often wrote ...

Yes, it's still cool to write a letter to Santa. The latest local, national and international news delivered every weekday ...

Building a lasting relationship requires intentional effort, and two key practices that can strengthen any relationship are writing affection letters and setting goals together. These actions not only ...

Your instructor may ask you to include a writer's letter (also called a writer's memo, writer's note, or cover letter) with your writing assignment. A writer's letter reflects on your process of ...

The cover letter is its own unique, dreaded genre of writing. In a few — often formulaic — paragraphs, job applicants must accomplish several things: prostrate themselves at the feet of hiring ...

Summer stretches before us, with all its potential for meeting research and writing goals. But if you’re going on the faculty-job market for the first time — as a recent Ph.D. or an advanced doctoral ...

How the restaurateur Gabrielle Hamilton—of the beloved New York City establishment Prune—became a noted memoirist.