{"product_id":"disappearing-ink-the-revival-of-the-letter","title":"UNCG ALUMNI COURSE - Disappearing Ink? The Revival of the Letter","description":"\u003cp\u003eWednesdays, 10:00 – 11:30 am \u003cbr\u003eSeptember 16 – October 21\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/7457\/files\/alumni_889f92e4-3ab3-49c4-97c8-ea1bce6e8008.png?v=1752079832\" alt=\"UNCG Alumni Logo\" width=\"400\" height=\"130\"\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou might think the letter is, if not dead, in serious decline. Who gets a letter nowadays? Who writes one? In this world of AI-generated sentences and IMs, the letter seems more than quaint. It’s a hindrance to the instant communication we’ve come to expect. And yet people save them, write them still. And there are signs of a resurgence. A popular podcast features famous people reading letters. A recent epistolary novel is a bestseller. After years of neglect, handwriting is again being taught in schools, and often the first thing a child writes is a letter.\u003cbr\u003eA letter, no matter its topic or its age, brings people to life, mysteriously as immediate as when the ink was still damp.  We listen in,  and we find clues to the inner life of correspondents, intimate hurts and joys that get revealed to us, often in a language far deeper than the words on the page.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWe’ll read fiction, old (a horror story) and new (a life story and a children’s book), told through letters; and we’ll read letters that span the centuries — written by children, rulers, lovers, poets, and soldiers—a wide spectrum of human life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou may feel the call to write a letter of your own by the time we finish our study!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaterial: Dracula, Bram Stoker\u003cbr\u003e                 The Correspondent, Virginia Evans\u003cbr\u003e                 The Day the Crayons Quit, Drew Daywalt\u003cbr\u003e                 “Letter to My Nephew”, James Baldwin in The Fire Next Time\u003cbr\u003e                        other selected letters\u003cbr\u003e               \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWeek 1: Intro: Letters as Mysteries\u003cbr\u003e            Openings and Salutations: Dracula and The Correspondent\u003cbr\u003e            Letters from our past\u003cbr\u003e            Letter Read Aloud\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeek 2: Letters and Arguments\u003cbr\u003eIntro- Chapter 3 Dracula\u003cbr\u003eFilm versions\u003cbr\u003e17th-18th C Letters.: Adams Family; Benjamin Banneker, Lady Montague\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeek 3: Letters and Forms; Letters and Psychology\u003cbr\u003e19th c:  Proposals:Austen; Requests: Abraham Lincoln; Opinions: Twain\u003cbr\u003eComplaints: Dickens\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeek 4:  Finding the Clues: Tone, Language, and Handwriting\u003cbr\u003e            Dracula\u003cbr\u003e            Intro: The Correspondent\u003cbr\u003e            20th C:  James Baldwin; Mrs. Sullivan; MLK; Gloria Steinem\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeek 5:  Letters and Love: The Correspondent\u003cbr\u003e            21st C. letters: Barak Obama, from Gone Girl, Greta Thunberg\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWeek 6: This is My Letter to the World: Unraveling the mystery of human sharing\u003cbr\u003ePoets and Letters;  Children’s letters; The Correspondent\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRefund Policy\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo receive a refund, a written request must be received \u003cstrong\u003e3 business days before the first class\u003c\/strong\u003e. A $25 processing fee will be deducted from the refund. Cancellation requests received less than 3 business days before the first class but before the second meeting will receive a 50% refund.  ALL written requests should be emailed to emeritus@spartanstrategiesinc.org or mailed to the address below.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSpartan Strategies, Inc.\u003cbr\u003eAttn: Emeritus Society\u003cbr\u003e5900 Summit Avenue, #201\u003cbr\u003eBrowns Summit, NC  27214\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"store.servecenter.org","offers":[{"title":"Registration Fee","offer_id":44163830874246,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"UNCG Alumni","offer_id":44163830907014,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/7457\/files\/1784136167690_t7pt7ec3.png?v=1784141993","url":"https:\/\/spartanstrategiesinc.org\/products\/disappearing-ink-the-revival-of-the-letter","provider":"store.servecenter.org","version":"1.0","type":"link"}