On Manners

On conduct — the small daily practices of how we treat one another, the manners we have lost, the manners we have invented, and the older view that good behavior is a form of generosity rather than a form of constraint.

2 articles

On Manners

On the Loss, and Partial Recovery, of the Long Letter

The long letter, of the kind that ran to several pages and that was the principal form of serious adult correspondence for…

Theodore Brennan May 11, 2026 8 min read

On Manners

On Sending an Actual Thank-You Note in 2026

The handwritten thank-you note has, against all reasonable prediction, become more meaningful in 2026 than it was at any previous point in…

Theodore Brennan May 11, 2026 8 min read