Michelangelo’s billet-doux to Tommaso de Cavalieri (1533):
“Perhaps you said this to try me, or to rekindle a greater flame in me, if it were possible. Whichever it is, I know for sure that I’ll forget your name the day I forget the food I live on; in fact, I could sooner forget my food, which nourishes only the body, than your name, which nourishes body and soul, and fills both with such sweetness that I can feel no pain nor fear of death while my mind remembers it. Imagine how happy I would be if my eye also had its share.”
If you have a love letter that you’d like me to read right here on this podcast for all the world to hear, send it to me via email at
billetdouxu@gmail.com.
If you’re struggling to find the words with which to sweep your beloved off his/her feet, reach out to me at
billetdouxu@gmail.com. Together, we’ll compose the perfect love letter with which to get the job done!
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What is Billet Doux?
Welcome to Billet Doux, a show about literature and love.
Listen to the greatest love letters ever composed or, if you’re so inclined, write and submit your own!
If there’s something you’d like to say to that special guy or gal, don’t keep it to yourself…
Send it over to billetdouxu@gmail.com and I’ll read it ON AIR for all the world to hear!
Let’s relearn how to love, one letter at a time.