Comments on: A Fabulous Letter

By: Shveta

Shveta — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:50:17 +0000

I love this letter so much. Thank you for sharing it, Justine.

By: Lauren McLaughlin

Lauren McLaughlin — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 20:08:28 +0000

Brilliant!

By: Diana Peterfreund

Diana Peterfreund — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 13:45:09 +0000

Jourdan Anderson is my hero. The postscript is the most brilliant thing I’ve ever seen placed on paper.

By: genevieve

genevieve — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 07:34:35 +0000

Pure Faulkner. Thanks for that J.

By: A Fabulous Letter

A Fabulous Letter — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:04:09 +0000

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By: Julia Rios

Julia Rios — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 03:21:46 +0000

That is a truly fabulous letter. Thank you for sharing it.

By: Robyn

Robyn — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:58:07 +0000

Wow. What a powerful letter. So much is said with such dignity and grace. Thank you for sharing it with us.

By: “It’s Heritage Not Hate!” « Lean Left

“It’s Heritage Not Hate!” « Lean Left — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:34:16 +0000

[...] Link — and do go read the whole letter — via Justine Larbalestier [...]

By: Katherine

Katherine — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 01:09:22 +0000

Simply amazing. Just… wow.

By: Justine

Justine — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:42:57 +0000

Veronica: I imagine that Colonel Anderson would have spontaneously combusted on reading it. At least I hope so . . .

Yinsicle: Yeah, who says sarcasm is the lowest form of wit?

By: yinsicle

yinsicle — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:32:24 +0000

This is amazing. Thanks so much for sharing this. I only hope the Colonel had the reading comprehension skills necessary to detect the sarcasm.

By: Veronica

Veronica — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:29:08 +0000

This may be the very best letter I have ever read. Mr. Jourdan Anderson and his wife are unutterably brilliant. My only wish is that there could have been some record of Colonel Anderson’s reaction to reading this.

By: Lorin

Lorin — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 21:16:56 +0000

What an amazing letter! I love how it was polite and yet totally clear on how he really felt.

By: Dream

Dream — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:57:56 +0000

What a powerful letter. Reading the whole thing really puts into perspective the slave trade and all that. I’m amazed at how respectful, forgiving and polite this letter writer is when he had (has?) every right to be angry at his former master. Thank you for sharing this!