My response to #48 of Andrew McMillen’s newsletter:
Since you encouraged responses, I’m responding! […] Secondly, a meta-response about responding itself: One of the things I like about newsletters, as opposed to blog subscriptions, is that when I receive something in my email inbox, it feels like the start of a dialogue. For example, if you posted Dispatches on your blog/website, I wouldn’t comment. But here I am writing you back. It’s the action that I’m used to taking after I finish reading an email, (most of the time). The format — maybe “venue” is a better word — is conducive to a back-and-forth exchange.