After the death of Harold Ramis, it seems only fitting to read Esquire’s oral history of Ghostbusters. Dan Aykroyd initially wanted it to be an intergalactic drama, yet he and others were happy with how it turned out. “People in the paranormal field loved it. It gave focus to their work,” Aykroyd said.
Who You Gonna Call?
In Brief
Leave it to the Paris Review to come up with this amazing contest: send them your “most self-seriously bookish” photo for a chance to win a Frank Clegg briefcase.
Dangerous Novels
"The idea that novels could be dangerous seems largely have fallen by the wayside, which does raise the question of how today’s newer sources of entertainment and information will look to the critics of the future. In 50 years, maybe we’ll be lamenting our failure to read enough Internet." Anna North writes about the distant time "When Novels Were Bad For You" for The New York Times.
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Annals of fashion history
On Fred Perry and Lacoste tennis shirts: "Two shirts named after athletes who excelled in a sport that is generally played and enjoyed by people with the leisure and money for expensive lessons and court time."
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“When it gets loudly, IT GETS VERY LOUD INDEED”
Have you Yanks seen BBC's 6-episode series cum feature film The Trip? If not, your interest will be piqued by this clip of the show's main characters doing their best Michael Caine impressions. It's on Netflix if you're into laughter, merriment, and that sort of thing.
E is for Edward who mailed you some art
How jazzed would you be if you received mail in one of Edward Gorey's illustrated envelopes?
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The Duty of Storytelling
“I don’t try to deliver a message, teach, inform or ‘give back’ in my books. I simply want to tell a story. My writing is totally separated from my activism and social service, which are channeled through my Foundation.” Megan Bradshaw interviews Isabel Allende for Asymptote Journal.
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