Epistolary:
Epistolary comes from a Greek word, epistolē, which means “letter.” Epistolary is a literary genre pertaining to letters, in which writers use letters, journals, and diary entries in their works, or they tell their stories or deliver messages through a series of letters. Though the usual format of epistolary is letters, writers sometimes use other forms of document such as newspaper clippings and diary entries. Recently, writers also use electronic documents like emails, blogs, radio broadcast, and recordings. [Literary Devices]
Noted in “What to Read: Shaun Usher is curating history’s most memorable mail,” What To Read [On Substack]:
You’ve been obsessed with letters since you and your now-wife began writing to each other 20 years ago. Why did you start an epistolary relationship, and how did that format differ from traditional dating?
