{"id":17134,"date":"2011-06-14T14:45:14","date_gmt":"2011-06-14T18:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=17134"},"modified":"2011-06-14T14:45:14","modified_gmt":"2011-06-14T18:45:14","slug":"a-secret-history-of-pseudonyms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2011\/06\/14\/a-secret-history-of-pseudonyms\/","title":{"rendered":"A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/George-Eliot-001-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-17136\" \/>Join contributing editor Sadie Stein tonight as she talks to Carmela Ciuraru about her new book, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Nom-Plume-Secret-History-Pseudonyms\/dp\/0061735264\">Nom de Plume: A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms<\/a><\/em>. 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