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P.G. Wodehouse.<\/p><\/div>\n

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

  • R.I.P. Barney Rosset<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • Judy Blume\u2019s Oscar picks<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  • Paramount makes the Puzo Estate <\/a>an offer it can refuse? <\/li>\n
  • Surely you\u2019re joking, Mr. McCarthy<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  • A site of one\u2019s own<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • A room for one\u2019s books<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • Wodehouse\u2019s <\/a>wartime legacy. <\/li>\n
  • The Master Book of All Plots<\/em><\/a>?<\/li>\n
  • A truly beautiful library<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • Forget Washington. Things to do for Wallace\u2019s birthday<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • \u201cFans trek across the country for the chance to see Wallace\u2019s underlined paperbacks, his early drafts, his e-mails to tax experts. The staff has even received a request for a scan of Wallace\u2019s handwriting, for use as a tattoo<\/a>.\u201d<\/li>\n
  • He fought Wikipedia, and Wikipedia won<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • Lin-ericks<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • Lin-dles<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • Lin(coln) Towers<\/a>.<\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A cultural news roundup. R.I.P. Barney Rosset. Judy Blume\u2019s Oscar picks. Paramount makes the Puzo Estate an offer it can refuse? Surely you\u2019re joking, Mr. McCarthy. A site of one\u2019s own. A room for one\u2019s books. Wodehouse\u2019s wartime legacy. The Master Book of All Plots? A truly beautiful library. Forget Washington. Things to do 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":[6478,6475,382,2555,154,6389,5100,1244,6472,6473,6319,3259,6331,2123,6476,85,5569,6477,6474,1291],"class_list":["post-27169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-culture","tag-anthony-shadid","tag-barney-rosset","tag-basketball","tag-cormac-mccarthy","tag-david-foster-wallace","tag-jeremy-lin","tag-judy-blume","tag-kindle","tag-mario-puzo","tag-new-york-knicks","tag-oscars","tag-p-g-wodehouse","tag-paramount","tag-ransom-center","tag-richard-feynman","tag-sports","tag-the-godfather","tag-two-serious-ladies","tag-vennesla-library","tag-wikipedia"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOn the Shelf by Sadie Stein<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 22, 2012 \u2013 A cultural news roundup. R.I.P. 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