Getting together with friends, pouring wine, sipping tea, and talking politics is pure democracy. And if you want to know the truth, a letter-writing party is also good for the soul. I've been throwing letter-writing parties for over 10 years; in bars, at cafés, inside museums and, maybe best of all, at home. Lately, lots of people have asked me how, and I'm happy to help—personally, I'm busy trying to help foster the kind of world The Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead once described, in which people "incorporate a little bit of activism into their social lives, and so it becomes something that you do—like your yoga practice." I hear the word "normalize" a lot: Let's normalize letter writing! (And phone calls. And demonstrations. And difficult conversations. But for now, I'll focus on writing letters.) Let's have a party