Want to Receive a Love Letter from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie?

Posted 11 October, 2007 in Uncategorized |

And, really, who wouldn’t? Or how about Leonard Cohen? Or Margaret Atwood? … Okay, perhaps I overreached a bit on that last one.

London’s Times Online is offering literary starfuckers booklovers the opportunity to receive five days’ worth of love letters from writers, sent directly to their inboxes. The letters are taken from an upcoming book entitled Four Letter Word, so they won’t be personalized, but they might in fact be a bit spicy. Then again, the book’s title could just be a tease.

Also, the Times site offers no indication that the three listed authors — Adichie, Atwood, and Cohen — will necessarily be among the five sent to any given user, nor is there any indication of who the other two might be. Imagine opening your inbox one fine morning in October only to discover a love letter from Norman Mailer. The mind boggles.

[UPDATE: These letters may indeed be spicy: Quillblog reports that the Times Online promotion is restricted to people eighteen years of age and older. Which, being an online endeavour, is certain to be strictly enforced …]

4 comments to “Want to Receive a Love Letter from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie?”

panic, October 11th, 2007 at 9:34 pm:

• Quillblog reports that the Times Online promotion is restricted to people eighteen years of age and older. Which, being an online endeavour, is certain to be strictly enforced
  Yeah, but how many teenagers would really sign up for it?

Steven W. Beattie, October 12th, 2007 at 2:08 pm:

• I know, it’s not really the kind of thing that under-eighteens would be into. Maybe if they offered love letters from Paris Hilton or Lauren Conrad, the teen crowd might take notice.

Panic, October 12th, 2007 at 2:22 pm:

• Who’s Lauren Conrad?

Steven W. Beattie, October 12th, 2007 at 5:16 pm:

• She’s one of the women on MTV’s The Hills. Don’t even ask how I know that.

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