{"id":52052,"date":"2013-05-09T10:01:32","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T14:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=52052"},"modified":"2013-05-09T10:44:53","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T14:44:53","slug":"under-covers-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/05\/09\/under-covers-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Under Covers, and Other News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/10252761_gal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/10252761_gal.jpg\" alt=\"10252761_gal\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-52056\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/10252761_gal.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/10252761_gal-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>Iconic book covers<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rottentomatoes.com\/gallery\/24-frames-classic-books-on-film\/#10252757\" target=\"_blank\"> and<\/a> their (often less-than-iconic) adaptation posters.<\/li>\n<li>Speaking of: children&#8217;s books that (arguably) should<a href=\"http:\/\/bestforfilm.com\/film-blog\/top-10-childrens-books-that-should-never-have-been-filmed\/\" target=\"_blank\"> never have been filmed<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>The stories <a href=\"http:\/\/flavorwire.com\/389067\/the-fascinating-stories-behind-classic-book-titles\/view-all\" target=\"_blank\">behind classic book titles<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The <em>New York Times<\/em> points up the growing trend of<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/05\/08\/us\/poets-laureate-proliferate-across-us.html?ref=books&amp;_r=3&amp;\" target=\"_blank\"> poets laureate<\/a> around the country.<\/li>\n<li>An author calls for an end to gendered book covers and issues a challenge, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/05\/07\/coverflip-maureen-johnson_n_3231935.html?utm_hp_ref=tw\" target=\"_blank\">excellent results<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iconic book covers and their (often less-than-iconic) adaptation posters. Speaking of: children&#8217;s books that (arguably) should never have been filmed. The stories behind classic book titles. The New York Times points up the growing trend of poets laureate around the country. An author calls for an end to gendered book covers and issues a challenge, [&hellip;]<\/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":[2512],"tags":[5563,17,79,149,165,7723],"class_list":["post-52052","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-the-shelf","tag-adaptations","tag-books","tag-film","tag-news","tag-poetry","tag-roundup"],"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>Under Covers, and Other News by Sadie Stein<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"May 9, 2013 \u2013 Iconic book covers and their (often less-than-iconic) adaptation posters. 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