{"id":43628,"date":"2012-12-14T09:30:58","date_gmt":"2012-12-14T14:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=43628"},"modified":"2013-02-03T02:34:07","modified_gmt":"2013-02-03T07:34:07","slug":"new-hans-christian-andersen-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/14\/new-hans-christian-andersen-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"New Hans Christian Andersen? And Other News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Screen-Shot-2012-12-14-at-9.05.38-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Screen-Shot-2012-12-14-at-9.05.38-AM-300x238.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"Screen Shot 2012-12-14 at 9.05.38 AM\" width=\"300\" height=\"238\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-43629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Screen-Shot-2012-12-14-at-9.05.38-AM-300x238.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Screen-Shot-2012-12-14-at-9.05.38-AM.png 423w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>A piece believed to be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2012\/dec\/13\/hans-christian-andersen-first-fairytale\" target=\"_blank\">Hans Christian Andersen juvenilia <\/a>has been discovered. <\/li>\n<li>An editorial assistant job listing at Dalkey Archive earns the title of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2012\/12\/12\/worst_job_posting_ever\/\" target=\"_blank\">worst job posting ever<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>The poster gives <a href=\"http:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/blogs\/pursuedbyabear\/2012\/12\/13\/dalkey-archive-responds-to-that-job-advertisement\/\" target=\"_blank\">his side of things<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li> The fracas prompts the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DalkeyIntern\/\" target=\"_blank\">obligatory Twitter account<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/books\/2012\/dec\/12\/suzette-field-top-literary-party-hosts\" target=\"_blank\">The best parties in literature<\/a>. <\/li>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A piece believed to be Hans Christian Andersen juvenilia has been discovered. 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