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letter_column

letter column

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letter column (plural letter columns)

  1. Section of a periodical in which readers' letters are published.
    • 1958, Holland, Ralph Merridette, Ghu's Lexicon, page 3:
      A prozine without a letter column is a fakezine, and no trufan will buy one.
    • 2000, Ashley, Michael, The History of the Science Fiction Magazine, volume 1, ISBN 9780853238553, page 53:
      Gernsback's second response to his readership was to establish a letter column, called 'Discussions', which became a regular feature from the January 1927 issue.

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