{"id":28235,"date":"2012-03-21T13:00:07","date_gmt":"2012-03-21T17:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=28235"},"modified":"2014-01-26T23:16:08","modified_gmt":"2014-01-27T04:16:08","slug":"on-the-shelf-40","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/21\/on-the-shelf-40\/","title":{"rendered":"The History of English in Ten Minutes, Your Brain on Books, and Other News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

  • The history of English<\/a> in ten minutes.<\/li>\n
  • (Courtesy of Reddit<\/a>!)<\/li>\n
  • Bei Ling<\/a>:\u00a0\u201cI was amazed that no independent voice, no exiled or dissident writer from China<\/a> is being represented at the London Book Fair.\u201d<\/li>\n
  • Dystopian dream books<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  • Junkie<\/a><\/em>: the It bag for spring!<\/li>\n
  • This is your brain on books<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • Remembering Joe Brainard<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  • \u201cThe centrepiece of our brand new displays in Solo Gallery is Roald Dahl\u2019s Writing Hut<\/a>, complete with all its original contents and furnishings. Visitors can see the \u2018little nest\u2019 as Roald Dahl called it, exactly as he had it set up, with all the extraordinary and fascinating objects he kept at hand for contemplation and inspiration.\u201d<\/li>\n
  • Cookbook ghostwriters<\/a>.<\/li>\n
  • And the fallout<\/a>. <\/li>\n
  • \u201c<\/strong>The man was sitting on the porch with some people he had just met, talking about books and authors<\/a>.\u00a0The 34-year-old man was then approached by another party guest, who started speaking to him in a condescending manner. An argument ensued and the man was suddenly struck in the side of the head, suffering a cut to his left ear, Bush said.\u00a0The man\u2019s glasses went flying off of his head and fell to the ground, with one of the lenses popping out of the frames, Bush said.\u201d<\/li>\n
  • Book nerds v. Kanye<\/a>. NSFW.<\/li>\n

     <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    A cultural news roundup. The history of English in ten minutes. (Courtesy of Reddit!) Bei Ling:\u00a0\u201cI was amazed that no independent voice, no exiled or dissident writer from China is being represented at the London Book Fair.\u201d Dystopian dream books. Junkie: the It bag for spring! This is your brain on books. Remembering Joe Brainard. 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