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

  • The joy of books<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  • The Hatchet Job of the Year<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • What Bill Clinton reads<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  • What Michelle Obama doesn\u2019t<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  • \u201c<\/strong>And maybe it\u2019s trivial to know that Salman Rushdie loves Carrie Fisher, quotes Clive James and is looking forward to seeing Hari Kunzru and Tom Stoppard at the Jaipur literary festival, but knowing random bits of information about people one admires just is, for whatever reason, enjoyable. It\u2019s like being friends with them, except they have no idea who you are<\/a>, but it doesn\u2019t matter because this is still closer than you’d ever normally get.\u201d<\/li>\n
  • Random House acquires Canadian publisher McClelland & Stewart<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  • Roald Dahl goes postal<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • Tolkien is snubbed<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  • \u201cFirst\u2014if you are in love<\/a>\u2014that\u2019s a good thing\u2014that\u2019s about the best thing that can happen to anyone. Don\u2019t let anyone make it small or light to you.\u201d<\/li>\n
  • Joanna Newsom, novelist? <\/a><\/li>\n
  • McBooks<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • \u201cIf Norman Mailer likes me, I\u2019ll kill myself<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n
  • Sayonara, Nook. <\/a><\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A cultural news roundup. The joy of books. The Hatchet Job of the Year. What Bill Clinton reads. What Michelle Obama doesn\u2019t. \u201cAnd maybe it\u2019s trivial to know that Salman Rushdie loves Carrie Fisher, quotes Clive James and is looking forward to seeing Hari Kunzru and Tom Stoppard at the Jaipur literary festival, but knowing […]<\/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":[5601,5654,5657,5655,5151,5652,5658,5656,1241,5029,1143,1856,5653,126],"class_list":["post-25419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-culture","tag-barnes-and-noble","tag-bill-clinton","tag-j-r-r-tolkien","tag-joanna-newsom","tag-john-steinbeck","tag-mcclelland-stewart","tag-mcdonalds","tag-michelle-obama","tag-random-house","tag-ray-bradbury","tag-roald-dahl","tag-salman-rushdie","tag-the-nook","tag-twitter"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOn the Shelf by Sadie Stein<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 11, 2012 \u2013 A cultural news roundup. 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