Letters of Not
Dale Shaw
The Friday Project
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First published by The Friday Project in 2014
Copyright © Dale Shaw
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Source ISBN: 9780007533107
Ebook Edition © 2014 ISBN: 9780008117214
Version: 2014-09-24
CONTENTS
Dr Heimlich writes to a colleague
Werner Herzog’s note to his cleaning lady
Lance Armstrong writes to a fan
Pope Benedict XVI’s handover notes
William Burroughs rewrites the swimming pool rules
A model writes to Auguste Rodin
Lou Reed writes to a television producer
Orson Welles’ suggestions for The Transformers: The Movie
Tweets from the 1965 Newport Folk Festival
A note from Alexander Graham Bell’s business manager
A publisher writes to Geoffrey Chaucer
Brian Eno’s discarded oblique strategies
A Christmas round-robin from the Freud family
Tim Berners-Lee’s World Wide Web development diary
The head of the American Lizard Lovers Association writes to Jim Morrison
Albert Einstein contacts a photographer
Brian Jones’ hopes for the Rolling Stones
A potential competition winner writes to Alfred Hitchcock
Letter from the table next to the Algonquin Round Table
Information to all Pizza Archipelago employees on the arrival of Van Morrison
Cormac McCarthy gives directions
Wilbur Wright writes to his brother
David Simon writes to HBO Enterprises
Charles Darwin writes to his American publisher
The Mark E. Smith audio guide to Ripon Cathedral
Jane Austen writes to a love rival
Captain Scott’s other last letter to his wife
An eviction notice from St Francis of Assisi’s landlord
A benefactor contacts Baden Powell
Art Garfunkel writes to Vampire Weekend
Joan of Arc’s note to her captors