{"id":32083,"date":"2012-05-23T08:00:12","date_gmt":"2012-05-23T12:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=32083"},"modified":"2019-01-14T13:10:48","modified_gmt":"2019-01-14T18:10:48","slug":"owls-hatred-and-blurbese","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/23\/owls-hatred-and-blurbese\/","title":{"rendered":"Owls, Hatred, and Blurbese"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>The lit-flick streak continues! The Palme d\u2019Or is likely to go to <a href=\"http:\/\/mhpbooks.com\/cannes-likely-to-honor-literary-film-this-year\/\">one of several adaptations<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>As Harry Potter mania fades,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mirror.co.uk\/news\/uk-news\/hundreds-of-pet-owls-abandoned-after-840299?mobile=false\"> hundreds of pet owls<\/a> are being abandoned across England.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/maloriebrooke.tumblr.com\/post\/11016700159\/i-just-loved-this-we-must-care-for-the-things-we\">How to open a new book<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/scarygoround.com\/?date=20120518\">Quiche Lorraine, the comic. <\/a><\/li>\n<li>Need inspiration? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/05\/22\/momas-dial-a-poem_n_1536156.html?ref=books&amp;ir=Books\">Dial-a-poem<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>Andrew Ladd decodes<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.pshares.org\/2012\/05\/18\/blurbese-a-_____-debut\/\"> Blurbese <\/a>for the nonreviewer.<\/li>\n<li>When less is more:<a href=\"http:\/\/www.flavorwire.com\/292165\/25-awesome-minimalist-book-covers\"> minimalist covers<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Cineastes! Help save <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/1525866264\/towards-eniaios-and-the-temenos\">an endangered film<\/a> before it\u2019s too late!<\/li>\n<li>William Hazlitt<a href=\"http:\/\/www.blupete.com\/Literature\/Essays\/Hazlitt\/Hating.htm\">, &#8220;On the Pleasure of Hating.&#8221;<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lit-flick streak continues! The Palme d\u2019Or is likely to go to one of several adaptations. As Harry Potter mania fades, hundreds of pet owls are being abandoned across England. How to open a new book. Quiche Lorraine, the comic. Need inspiration? Dial-a-poem! Andrew Ladd decodes Blurbese for the nonreviewer. When less is more: minimalist [&hellip;]<\/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":[2512],"tags":[7634,1975,378,5403,1671,7633,7636,1309,165,7632,7635],"class_list":["post-32083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-the-shelf","tag-andrew-ladd","tag-book-design","tag-book-reviews","tag-cannes","tag-cooking","tag-dial-a-poem","tag-gregory-j-markopoulos","tag-harry-potter","tag-poetry","tag-the-palme-dor","tag-william-hazlitt"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v25.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Owls, Hatred, and Blurbese by Sadie Stein<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 23, 2012 \u2013 The lit-flick streak continues! 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