This is not a book about correspondence. It is a formal, unhurried investigation of the object that precedes it: the unopened envelope. For author E. L. Sutton, the sealed object exists in a state of perfect, unviolated integrity. The core of this book is a sensory inquiry into the edge the barrier that defines this state. With the unhurried precision of a method essayist, this book analyzes the barriers of our daily lives. It begins with the fingernail, the core habit, testing the flap of...

This is not a book about correspondence. It is a formal, unhurried investigation of the object that precedes it: the unopened envelope. For author E. L. Sutton, the sealed object exists in a state of perfect, unviolated integrity. The core of this book is a sensory inquiry into the edge the barrier that defines this state.With the unhurried precision of a method essayist, this book analyzes the barriers of our daily lives. It begins with the fingernail, the core habit, test...