An eagle-eyed member of Straight Up’s staff of thousands, unpaid but indefatigable, noticed this exchange posted on Twitter by the Beinecke Rare Books and Manuscript Library at Yale University, and sent it along. Perhaps you saw it? If not . . .
Beinecke’s Sweet Tweet
Lorraine Hansberry to Langston Hughes and His Reply
What a delight — as chilly October digs her nails in deep — an entirely charming relic of written correspondence between writers occurring just past mid-way through the 20th century.
Dating of the letters reminds me of the album of Thelonious Monk’s titled *Misterioso*, recorded live at the Five Spot Cafe, NYC, August 7th, 1958.
Thank you, Jan, for the presentation of some kind of rare beauty from the middle areas of the 20th century.