Recently Discovered Collection of Letters Explores the Lives of Two Princeton Friends From the 1950s Through the 1970s

The Next Will Be Better by Fred Slivon and Frants Albert is a collection of the authors' correspondence from student days through army stints and burgeoning careers.

Novato, CA (June 21, 2008) -- The Next Will Be Better by Fred Slivon and Frants Albert is an inspirational collection of letters between two college roommates whose correspondence portrays the depth of an enduring friendship. The collection includes a brief foreword by classmate, novelist and poet Ned Conquest.

Poet and printer Fred Slivon met architect Frants Albert while both were undergraduates at Princeton in the 1950s. Their friendship flourished with the rich and eloquent letters they wrote to each other. Separated by circumstances of life for more than five decades, the beginnings of their friendship were revealed when they discovered that each had kept a cache of the other's letters. Amazingly, the two are once again neighbors.

This is a captivating correspondence which mirrors some of the American experience of the 50s and 60s. In letter after letter, the authors struggle to discover their talents, even as they discuss the difficulties of youth, self-discovery, and love.

Riveting and profound, The Next Will Be Better offers a rare look over time into an uncommon and lifelong friendship.

About the Authors

Fred Slivon graduated from Princeton University in 1952 and from Harvard Law School in 1955. He became a senior vice president for RR Donnelley, the world's foremost printing company which produces The New Yorker, Time, and more. A poet for more than 50 years, he lives with his wife in San Rafael, Calif.

Frants Albert came to America from Denmark at age 15, graduated from Princeton University and received an M.A. from University of California, Berkeley. He became an architect and planner in California and subsequently professor of architecture and director of the Urban Design Program at Washington University in St. Louis, Mo. He later returned to practice in the San Francisco Bay area. He and his wife live in Novato, Calif.