Sometimes, Pen World articles take on a life of their own. Sometimes, the article becomes part of a larger conversation.
Thus is the afterlife of David Watts Jr.'s article, "V-Mail Is Speed Mail!", which was published in the April 2022 issue of Pen World (Vol. 35 No. 4, p. 27).
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