{"id":39128,"date":"2012-09-26T09:00:26","date_gmt":"2012-09-26T13:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=39128"},"modified":"2012-09-26T11:29:05","modified_gmt":"2012-09-26T15:29:05","slug":"of-bloggers-and-book-clubs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/09\/26\/of-bloggers-and-book-clubs\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Bloggers and Book Clubs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/bookclubinabox.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-39133\" title=\"bookclubinabox\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/bookclubinabox-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/bookclubinabox-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/bookclubinabox.jpg 489w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>Brilliant: <a href=\"http:\/\/thetinhouse.tumblr.com\/post\/32284581098\" target=\"_blank\">book club in a box<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>Writers defend their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlanticwire.com\/entertainment\/2012\/09\/writers-favorite-punctuation-marks\/57152\/\" target=\"_blank\">favorite punctuation marks<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Tao Lin is <a href=\"http:\/\/observer.com\/2012\/09\/buy-tao-lins-juicer-cash-strapped-author-sells-all-his-stuff-on-twitter\/\" target=\"_blank\">selling his stuff on Twitter<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2012\/09\/25\/rare-hemingway-works_n_1914462.html?utm_hp_ref=books\" target=\"_blank\">This gent<\/a> has the largest collection of primary Hemingway works in existence. <\/li>\n<li>The head judge of the Man Booker Prize claims book bloggers are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2012\/sep\/25\/books-bloggers-literature-booker-prize-stothard?CMP=twt_fd\" target=\"_blank\">harming literature<\/a>. <\/li>\n<p>[tweetbutton]<\/p>\n<p>[facebook_ilike]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brilliant: book club in a box. Writers defend their favorite punctuation marks. Tao Lin is selling his stuff on Twitter. This gent has the largest collection of primary Hemingway works in existence. The head judge of the Man Booker Prize claims book bloggers are harming literature. 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