{"id":32465,"date":"2012-05-31T09:00:20","date_gmt":"2012-05-31T13:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=32465"},"modified":"2012-05-31T08:05:45","modified_gmt":"2012-05-31T12:05:45","slug":"literary-bars-brooklyn-lamentations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/31\/literary-bars-brooklyn-lamentations\/","title":{"rendered":"Literary Bars, Brooklyn Lamentations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/dillon16.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/dillon16-294x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"dillon16\" width=\"294\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-32466\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/dillon16-294x300.jpg 294w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/dillon16.jpg 296w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/05\/30\/awardwinning-illustrator-_n_1557259.html?ref=books\">RIP illustrator Leo Dillon<\/a>.\n<li>Just in time for Book Expo, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shelf-awareness.com\/issue.html?issue=1749#m16281\">ten literary bars in Manhattan.<\/a>\n<li>Book lovers rally around the marked-for-death <a href=\"http:\/\/www.publishersweekly.com\/pw\/by-topic\/industry-news\/publisher-news\/article\/52140-outrage-grows-to-university-of-missouri-shutting-down-press.html\">University of Missouri Press. <\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2012\/may\/29\/erotica-fifty-shades-of-grey?CMP=twt_fd\"><em>50 Shades of Grey<\/em> alternatives<\/a> for the erotica addict.\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/craigmod.com\/journal\/hack_the_cover\/\">The evolution of the book cover. <\/a>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/blogs\/pageviews\/2012\/05\/rip-brooklyn-1634-2012\">A Brooklyn elegy. <\/a><br \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RIP illustrator Leo Dillon. Just in time for Book Expo, ten literary bars in Manhattan. Book lovers rally around the marked-for-death University of Missouri Press. 50 Shades of Grey alternatives for the erotica addict. The evolution of the book cover. A Brooklyn elegy.<\/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":[2559],"tags":[7590,7686,958,7684,7685],"class_list":["post-32465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bulletin","tag-50-shades-of-grey","tag-bea","tag-brooklyn","tag-leo-dillon","tag-university-of-missouri-press"],"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>Literary Bars, Brooklyn Lamentations by Sadie Stein<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 31, 2012 \u2013 RIP illustrator Leo Dillon. Just in time for Book Expo, ten literary bars in Manhattan. 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