{"id":47639,"date":"2013-03-04T09:47:40","date_gmt":"2013-03-04T14:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=47639"},"modified":"2013-03-04T13:08:32","modified_gmt":"2013-03-04T18:08:32","slug":"bookish-cakes-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/04\/bookish-cakes-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Bookish Cakes, and Other News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/217650594461043338_ej1bk8kl_c.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/217650594461043338_ej1bk8kl_c-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"217650594461043338_ej1bk8kl_c\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-47640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/217650594461043338_ej1bk8kl_c-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/217650594461043338_ej1bk8kl_c.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>Happy Monday. Here are some <a href=\"http:\/\/flavorwire.com\/374498\/30-gorgeous-and-delicious-literary-cakes\" target=\"_blank\">cakes inspired by books<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li>Nineteen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.poetryfoundation.org\/harriet\/2013\/02\/bukowskis-lost-found-drawings\/?utm_source=twitter&amp;utm_medium=social_media&amp;utm_campaign=general_marketing\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Bukowski drawings<\/a> have come to light; most of them illustrated his column for the <em>Los Angeles Free Press<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>A poem written by a<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/blogs\/pageviews\/2013\/02\/charlotte-bronte-poem-goes-on-sale-for-%C2%A340000\" target=\"_blank\"> thirteen-year-old Charlotte Bront\u00eb<\/a> is expected to fetch at least \u00a340,000 at auction.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cIf there has ever been a golden age for the unconventionally named author, it is now.\u201d<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/03\/03\/books\/review\/by-any-other-name.html?ref=books&amp;_r=1&amp;\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0Bylines in the age of Google<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themorningnews.org\/tob\/\" target=\"_blank\">The 2013 Tournament of Books is on<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Monday. 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