{"id":27343,"date":"2012-02-29T14:00:57","date_gmt":"2012-02-29T19:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=27343"},"modified":"2012-02-29T13:40:24","modified_gmt":"2012-02-29T18:40:24","slug":"on-the-shelf-37","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/02\/29\/on-the-shelf-37\/","title":{"rendered":"On the Shelf"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

  • R.I.P. Jan Berenstain<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  • Pulp fiction<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • Bad blurbs<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • Retaining reading<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • <\/a>The case of the Agatha Christie estate<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • Garden & Gun<\/a><\/em> vs. <\/a>The Oxford American<\/a><\/em>. <\/li>\n
  • Jackie Collins<\/a> takes matters into her own hands. <\/li>\n
  • Gillian Anderson<\/a> takes on the lost Bront\u00eb<\/a>.<\/em><\/li>\n
  • \u201cA guide to Estonian socks, an examination of the role of the fungus in Christian art, and a celebration of the humble office chair\u201d<\/a> are just a few of the entries in the Diagram Prize for Oddest Book Title of the Year.<\/li>\n
  • Our man in Vienna<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  • Levity for Leap Day<\/a>!<\/li>\n
  • Barney Rosset <\/a>to get the posthumous treatment? <\/li>\n
  • A man\u2019s world<\/a>? <\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A cultural news roundup. R.I.P. Jan Berenstain. Pulp fiction. Bad blurbs. Retaining reading. The case of the Agatha Christie estate. Garden & Gun vs. The Oxford American. Jackie Collins takes matters into her own hands. Gillian Anderson takes on the lost Bront\u00eb. \u201cA guide to Estonian socks, an examination of the role of the fungus […]<\/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":[6567,6475,4217,6569,6568,6570,1470,100,6571,6572],"class_list":["post-27343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts-culture","tag-agatha-christie","tag-barney-rosset","tag-charlotte-bronte","tag-gillian-anderson","tag-jackie-collins","tag-jan-barenstein","tag-orson-welles","tag-photography","tag-the-barenstein-bears","tag-vidaweb"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nOn the Shelf by Sadie Stein<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"February 29, 2012 \u2013 A cultural news roundup. R.I.P. Jan Berenstain. Pulp fiction. Bad blurbs. Retaining reading. The case of the Agatha Christie estate. 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