{"id":21816,"date":"2011-10-05T12:56:27","date_gmt":"2011-10-05T16:56:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=21816"},"modified":"2011-10-05T13:26:40","modified_gmt":"2011-10-05T17:26:40","slug":"on-the-shelf-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/05\/on-the-shelf-18\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Shelf"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hans Christian Andersen.<\/p><\/div>\n

A cultural news roundup.<\/em><\/p>\n

  • Odds on the Nobel<\/a>?<\/li>\n
  • Harry Potter<\/a> takes his show on the road.<\/li>\n
  • But not his e-book<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • The trouble with Amazon<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  • Bad news for independent bookstores<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • And chain bookstores<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  • In praise of the Farmers\u2019 Almanac<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • Hans Christian Andersen<\/a> to be buried, again. <\/li>\n
  • Volume 12 of \u00a0Selected Works of Kim Jong-il <\/a><\/em>hits the shelves. <\/li>\n
  • \u201cThat American culture could bring forth so relentless a critic<\/a> is perhaps one of the reasons to still think well of it.\u201d<\/li>\n
  • A visit to southeast London<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  • Advice for students<\/a>: \u201cTo get an education, you\u2019re probably going to have to fight against the institution that you find yourself in\u2014no matter how prestigious it may be. (In fact, the more prestigious the school, the more you\u2019ll probably have to push.) You can get a terrific education in America now\u2014there are astonishing opportunities at almost every college\u2014but the education will not be presented to you wrapped and bowed. To get it, you\u2019ll need to struggle and strive, to be strong, and occasionally even to piss off some admirable people.\u201d <\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A cultural news roundup. Odds on the Nobel? Harry Potter takes his show on the road. But not his e-book. The trouble with Amazon. Bad news for independent bookstores. And chain bookstores. In praise of the Farmers\u2019 Almanac. Hans Christian Andersen to be buried, again. Volume 12 of \u00a0Selected Works of Kim Jong-il hits the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2559],"tags":[4224,4223,4219,2189,4221,4220,1309,1310,4222,1050,4225],"class_list":["post-21816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bulletin","tag-christopher-lasch","tag-amazon-com","tag-bob-dylan","tag-borders","tag-farmers-almanac","tag-hans-christian-andersen","tag-harry-potter","tag-j-k-rowling","tag-kim-jong-il","tag-london","tag-mark-edmundson"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOn the Shelf by Sadie Stein<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"October 5, 2011 \u2013 A cultural news roundup. Odds on the Nobel? Harry Potter takes his show on the road. But not his e-book. The trouble with Amazon. 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