Dumped by a group of friends – but this letter writer still sees them. How do you get over being ousted from an inner circle?

In a letter to Kay Sekimachi dated August 27, 1956, Miné Okubo wrote (grammar and emphasis Okubo’s own), “At this point in my decision to follow the pure creative painting I think I am stark raving ...

Eighty years ago, an American Jewish novelist, Laura Z. Hobson. was contemplating her next writerly move and was seeking a little help from her friends. “Gentleman’s Agreement,” the story she was ...