{"id":23459,"date":"2011-11-16T13:21:46","date_gmt":"2011-11-16T18:21:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=23459"},"modified":"2011-11-16T14:16:09","modified_gmt":"2011-11-16T19:16:09","slug":"on-the-shelf-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2011\/11\/16\/on-the-shelf-24\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Shelf"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

  • Winners of the\u00a0Hurston\/Wright Legacy Awards<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • Stephen King<\/a> helps heat Maine. <\/li>\n
  • The real Tintin! <\/a><\/li>\n
  • The X-Men archive<\/a> goes to Columbia. <\/li>\n
  • Penguin <\/a>takes the self-publishing leap. <\/li>\n
  • The LA Times<\/em> pubs its first e-book<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • Meanwhile, authors charge that the Kindle library is\u00a0\u201cboldly breaching its contracts.<\/a>\u201d<\/li>\n
  • In brick-and-mortar news, Ann Patchett opens a bookstore<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  • Wordsworth House (#4)<\/a> opens in the Lake District.<\/li>\n
  • Salman Rushdie fights Facebook<\/a>, and wins. <\/li>\n
  • Writers restock the OWS Library<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  • Speaking of public libraries …<\/a><\/li>\n
  • RIP legendary publisher Morris Philipson.<\/a> <\/li>\n
  • \u201cWe\u2019ve just lost the Norman Rockwell of comic strips<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n
  • Jane Austen … murdered?<\/a> <\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A cultural news roundup. Winners of the\u00a0Hurston\/Wright Legacy Awards. Stephen King helps heat Maine. The real Tintin! The X-Men archive goes to Columbia. Penguin takes the self-publishing leap. The LA Times pubs its first e-book. Meanwhile, authors charge that the Kindle library is\u00a0\u201cboldly breaching its contracts.\u201d In brick-and-mortar news, Ann Patchett opens a bookstore. Wordsworth […]<\/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":[564,4964,4965,4971,951,4969,300,1244,4966,4967,271,1856,4963,4110,4968,4248,4970],"class_list":["post-23459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bulletin","tag-amazon","tag-ann-patchett","tag-bil-keane","tag-chris-claremont","tag-facebook","tag-hurstonwright-legacy-lit-awards","tag-jane-austen","tag-kindle","tag-los-angeles-times","tag-morris-philipson","tag-penguin","tag-salman-rushdie","tag-self-publishing","tag-stephen-king","tag-university-of-chicago-press","tag-wordsworth","tag-x-men"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOn the Shelf by Sadie Stein<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 16, 2011 \u2013 A cultural news roundup. Winners of the\u00a0Hurston\/Wright Legacy Awards. 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