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Thirty Letters to the Soldier I Was is correspondence across time: a man writing to the soldier he was before the uniform, through training, and into the years that followed.
How to read this
Each letter is addressed to the soldier I was. They are not a memoir. They are correspondence across time.
Begin with Letter 01 and proceed by number.
Letters in order
01. Letter 01: Before the Uniform — January 1, 2026
02. Letter 02: The Paperwork Summer — February 1, 2026
03. Letter 03: What the Library Gave You — March 1, 2026
04. Letter 04: The Day — April 1, 2026
05. Letter 05: The Sapper — May 1, 2026
06. Letter 06: The Green Beret in the Platoon — June 1, 2026
07. Letter 07: No Mail — July 1, 2026
08. Letter 08: The Pool Table — August 1, 2026
09. Letter 09: The Graduation Nobody Came To — September 1, 2026
Part of the Year in Kenya series
These letters sit within the Year in Kenya series, alongside writing on power and institutions at gabrielmahia.com and letters to immigrants at dearimmigrant.com.
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