I Was A Love-Letter Ghostwriter

The writer on working on art piece called the “Love Letter Project,” in which she ghostwrote love letters fro strangers:

I listened until he was finished talking. Then I arranged the sentences he’d spoken on the page. It was more like transcribing than writing.

I will never in my life not regret that we didn’t work things out. I will never let go. I don’t want to.

At the front of the room was a small table with a printer, envelopes, pens and stamps. “You may sign your letter,” Jana told him and he did. “Would you like a stamp so you can mail it? Or we can mail it for you.” He took the stamp and addressed the envelope, but wasn’t quite committed enough to let us mail it. His feelings had been so close to the surface. We had happened to catch him at the perfect moment.

But it kept happening like that.

Source: The Awl
Published: Jan 30, 2014
Length: 8 minutes (2,040 words)
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