For those who've been, uh, writely influenced by the indispensable contributions to American literature of the New York Review of Books essays and reviews over the past five decades, Martin Scorsese has brought forth his own impassioned paean to the printed word on HBO via
with interviews on co-founding editor Robert Stivers,
plus Joan Didion (who has an upcoming doc now being done on her),
encompassing contributions of many other luminaries over the years.
The only sad aspect is Mr. Stivers' co-founding partner, Barbara Epstein, died a few years ago,
