Summary: Phil Baker guides us through the morbid, wistful and yet immensely charming world of the writer and illustrator Edward Gorey; Frances Wilson weighs the pleasures and pains of letter and email writing; Ian Sansom on the struggle to be funny Books Born To Be Posthumous: The eccentric life and mysterious genius of Edward Gorey, by Mark Dery What a Hazard a Letter Is: The strange destiny of the unsent letter, by Caroline Atkins Written In History: Letters that changed the world, by Simon Sebag Montefiore In Their Own Words: Volume 2: More letters from history Wit's End: What wit is, how it works, and why we need it, by James Geary Messing About In Quotes: A little Oxford dictionary of humorous quotations, compiled by Gyles Brandreth <br><hr><p style="color: grey;">See <a style="color: grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
