{"id":24329,"date":"2011-12-07T12:28:58","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T17:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=24329"},"modified":"2011-12-07T17:26:49","modified_gmt":"2011-12-07T22:26:49","slug":"on-the-shelf-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/07\/on-the-shelf-26\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Shelf"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a><\/em>

Raymond Chandler.<\/p><\/div>\n

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

  • Bad sex.<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Bad numbers.<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Good books.<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Children\u2019s books.<\/a><\/li>\n
  • A visit to St. Mark\u2019s<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • \u201cConfessions of a Plagiarist.\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n
  • Unrest at the Eliot Prizes<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • Upheaval at the NYPL<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • Tensions over Civilization<\/a><\/em>.<\/li>\n
  • The case for porn<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • The case for gossip<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • \u201cGossip Girl<\/a><\/em> has always had an especially soft spot for scribblers\u2014and not just for fleeting appearances.\u201d<\/li>\n
  • Jane Austen?<\/a><\/li>\n
  • It\u2019s not TV, it\u2019s … Faulkner?<\/a><\/li>\n
  • \u201cThe very nicest thing Hollywood can possibly think of to say to a writer\u00a0is that he is too good to be only a writer.\u201d \u2014Raymond Chandler<\/a><\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A cultural news roundup. Bad sex. Bad numbers. Good books. Children\u2019s books. A visit to St. Mark\u2019s. \u201cConfessions of a Plagiarist.\u201d Unrest at the Eliot Prizes. Upheaval at the NYPL. Tensions over Civilization. The case for porn. The case for gossip. \u201cGossip Girl has always had an especially soft spot for scribblers\u2014and not just for […]<\/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":[419],"tags":[4223,5188,5186,2029,300,5185,4629,104,5184,180,5189,4769,5187,3581],"class_list":["post-24329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-culture","tag-amazon-com","tag-booksellers","tag-david-guterson","tag-hbo","tag-jane-austen","tag-joseph-epstein","tag-niall-ferguson","tag-nypl","tag-pankaj-mishra","tag-pornography","tag-q-r-markham","tag-raymond-chandler","tag-st-marks-books","tag-william-faulkner"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOn the Shelf by Sadie Stein<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"December 7, 2011 \u2013 A cultural news roundup. Bad sex. Bad numbers. Good books. Children\u2019s books. 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