Letters With Character: Jeffrey Eugenides

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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Jeffrey Eugenides | The Virgin Suicides | 1993

Dear All Of You,

Get over it. The Lisbon girls barely knew you existed. They were in their own world, and you were not part of it, even in the moments that you thought you were. Even when they looked right at one of you they weren't thinking about you.

Sincerely,
Dan Kois

This site was created as a companion to What He's Poised To Do (Harper Perennial), the recently released collection of short fiction by Ben Greenman, an editor at the New Yorker. The collection (which the Los Angeles Times called "astonishing") uses letters and letter-writing to investigate human connection and disconnection. This site has a related mission, which is to allow readers to interact directly with literary characters. Letters should be addressed to your favorite characters and sent to LettersWithCharacter@gmail.com.

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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Jeffrey Eugenides | The Virgin Suicides | 1993

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