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The Essay

More Letters to Writers

Dear Dante...

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Continuing his imaginary correspondences with some of the world's great writers, Ian Sansom asks Dante if he really meant all that stuff about throwing people into boiling tar? Show more

The Essay

More Letters to Writers

Dear Mary...

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Continuing his imaginary correspondences with some of the world's great writers, Ian Sansom has put together a letter to Frankenstein author, Mary Shelley. Show more

The Essay

More Letters to Writers

Dear Oscar...

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Continuing his imaginary correspondences with the world's great writers, Ian Sansom is in the gutter looking at the stars again, as he writes to Oscar Wilde. Show more

The Essay

More Letters to Writers

Dear Marianne ...

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Continuing his imaginary correspondences with some of the world's great writers, Ian Sansom feels he must finally ask poet Marianne Moore about that cape and tricorn hat Show more

The Essay

More Letters to Writers

Dear William...

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 3Latest broadcast: on BBC Radio 3

Available for over a year

Ian Sansom completes his series of imaginary correspondences with some of the world's great writers as he asks William Trevor if every silver lining must really have a cloud. Show more