{"id":28734,"date":"2012-03-28T13:00:47","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T17:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=28734"},"modified":"2012-05-23T14:10:48","modified_gmt":"2012-05-23T18:10:48","slug":"on-the-shelf-thurber-insults-and-library-dreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/28\/on-the-shelf-thurber-insults-and-library-dreams\/","title":{"rendered":"Thurber Insults and Library Dreams"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screen-shot-2012-03-28-at-11.26.58-AM1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-28735\" title=\"Screen shot 2012-03-28 at 11.26.58 AM\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screen-shot-2012-03-28-at-11.26.58-AM1-225x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screen-shot-2012-03-28-at-11.26.58-AM1-225x300.png 225w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/Screen-shot-2012-03-28-at-11.26.58-AM1.png 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a>A cultural news roundup.<\/em><\/p>\n<li>Happy seventy-sixth, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hispanictips.com\/2012\/03\/28\/happy-birthday-mario-vargas-llosa-76-years-ago-today\/\">Mario Vargas Llosa<\/a>! <\/li>\n<li>Muggles get <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/2\/fb5a7524-73af-11e1-aab3-00144feab49a.html#axzz1qQG1QfjE\">the Harry Potter treatment<\/a> in Florida.\u00a0\u201cAt Ollivanders, the wand shop, character actors put on a show. With a few dozen people crowded into a room, a bearded wizard proceeds to help a child select a wand. \u2018<em>Descendo<\/em>!\u2019 he cries. Boxes tumble down and the shelves fall apart on cue. It was the wrong wand. \u2018<em>Repairo<\/em>!\u2019 he cries. The shelves put themselves back together. The long-bearded gent eventually gives the girl an Ash wand, \u2018an excellent wand for a charismatic, successful wizard.\u2019\u201d<\/li>\n<li>You can even <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/03\/27\/harry-potter-ebooks_n_1382073.html?ref=books\">read the books<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>At forty-two, historical novelist <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2012\/mar\/28\/rabee-jaber-international-prize-arabic-fiction\">Rabee Jaber <\/a>is the youngest winner of the International Prize for Arabic Fiction.<\/li>\n<li>On the plus side, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lettersofnote.com\/\">James Thurber<\/a> wrote back to his fans.\u00a0\u201cOne of the things that discourage us writers is the fact that 90 per cent of you children write wholly, or partly, illiterate letters, carelessly typed. You yourself write \u2018clarr\u2019 for \u2018class\u2019 and that\u2019s a honey, Robert, since <em>s<\/em> is next to <em>a<\/em>, and <em>r<\/em> is on the line above.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>An <a href=\"http:\/\/www.laphamsquarterly.org\/reconsiderations\/word-for-word.php?page=all\">ode to the thesaurus<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>How about a little<a href=\"http:\/\/bookriot.com\/2012\/03\/21\/libraries-of-the-rich-and-famous-part-two\/\"> fancy-library porn<\/a>? (This Johns Hopkins professor totally beats Lagerfeld in the library stakes.) <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.isaacgsalazar.com\/\">Book origami<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/galleycat\/henry-james-has-generated-the-most-scholarly-writing_b49225\">Henry James<\/a> is the most-studied writer. <\/li>\n<li>Did it really take this long to make an <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BPauKCwVQw4&amp;list=UUxXDJog68qAB5mFc5wKgKUg&amp;index=1&amp;feature=plcp\">Art of War<\/a><\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=BPauKCwVQw4&amp;list=UUxXDJog68qAB5mFc5wKgKUg&amp;index=1&amp;feature=plcp\"> graphic novel<\/a>? <\/li>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cultural news roundup. Happy seventy-sixth, Mario Vargas Llosa! Muggles get the Harry Potter treatment in Florida.\u00a0\u201cAt Ollivanders, the wand shop, character actors put on a show. 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