NPR: Video: Letters to the Next President

Video: Letters to the Next President

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Artist Sheryl Oring says her latest project, "I Wish to Say," came out of her growing concern that "not enough voices were being heard about the state of affairs in this country."

To help fix that, Oring set up tables in public places all around the country armed with her vintage manually operated typewriter, and asked intrigued passersby to sit down for a few moments and dictate a letter to the future president of the United States.

So far, Oring has typed tens of thousands of notes from people all over the world and sent them to 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. Her first book, I Wish to Say, is collection of those letters. Sheryl was in Bryant Park last week, just downstairs from our studio, typing letters all day long. Here's how it went:

Win Rosenfeld

8:24 AM ET | 05-28-2008 | permalink

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