I ONCE read in an astrological magazine that China, like a good many people I know, was under the sign of Pisces, which is conducive to sloth and a kind of easygoing indolence, and perhaps for this ...

This may be a dramatic epistolary cliché but it also encapsulates a fascinating truth about the act of letter writing itself. A writer and a reader talk, but in a lonely sort of conversation, long ...

Most newspapers and magazines print letters to the editor: letters that readers send in, usually in response to recently published articles. These can be a useful way to get your voice heard. The ...

In the course of normal business, your company will need to use a variety of letters to communicate with customers, vendors, sales leads, employees and a variety of other people. Even though formal ...

A few weeks ago I was teaching a resume writing class when I was asked a question about whether you needed to write a cover letter any more. Interestingly enough, baby boomers said yes most definitely ...

Undergraduates need them for graduate-school applications; PhD students and postdocs use them to apply for fellowships and jobs; senior scientists often have to have them to apply for awards and ...