{"id":49540,"date":"2013-03-29T09:31:17","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T13:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=49540"},"modified":"2013-03-29T09:46:53","modified_gmt":"2013-03-29T13:46:53","slug":"faulkner-nobel-on-the-block-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/29\/faulkner-nobel-on-the-block-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Faulkner Nobel on the Block, and Other News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/28FAULKNERjp1-popup.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-49541\" alt=\"28FAULKNERjp1-popup\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/28FAULKNERjp1-popup.jpg\" width=\"361\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/28FAULKNERjp1-popup.jpg 361w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/28FAULKNERjp1-popup-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cThe largest and most important group of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalpost.com\/dispatch\/news\/afp\/130328\/william-faulkner-letters-manuscripts-sell\" target=\"_blank\">William Faulkner material<\/a> ever to appear at auction\u201d\u2014including his Nobel medal, an unpublished short story, and illustrated letters, recently found at the Faulkner home\u2014is expected to fetch at least\u00a0$2 million at Sotheby\u2019s come June.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Here is a sweet <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/galleycat\/library-marriage-proposal-2_b67696\" target=\"_blank\">library marriage proposal<\/a> for you. 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