{"id":57811,"date":"2013-08-14T09:30:59","date_gmt":"2013-08-14T13:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=57811"},"modified":"2019-01-08T17:18:34","modified_gmt":"2019-01-08T22:18:34","slug":"ron-burgundy-is-writing-a-memoir-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/14\/ron-burgundy-is-writing-a-memoir-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Ron Burgundy Is Writing a Memoir, and Other News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>In the immortal words of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6ly1UTgiBXM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">David Cross<\/a>, \u201cWhen you misuse the word <em>literally<\/em>, you are using it in the exact opposite way it was intended.\u201d He must be dismayed at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/galleycat\/literally-google-informal_b75869\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">growing usage<\/a> of its \u201cinformal\u201d meaning.<\/li>\n<li>Is <a href=\"http:\/\/flavorwire.com\/409438\/is-comedic-literature-making-a-comeback\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">comedic literature<\/a> making a comeback?<\/li>\n<li>Random House\u2019s Crown Archetype imprint certainly hopes so: they\u2019re releasing <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/blogs\/pageviews\/2013\/08\/%E2%80%98anchorman%E2%80%99-character-ron-burgundy-to-pen-memoir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Let Me Off at the Top! My Classy Life and Other Musings<\/a><\/em>, a memoir by anchorman Ron Burgundy.<\/li>\n<li>A ton of unpublished romances by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/shortcuts\/2013\/aug\/14\/barbara-cartland-novelist-beyond-grave?CMP=twt_fd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">remarkably prolific Barbara Cartland<\/a> will be published posthumously.<\/li>\n<li>Bucking trends, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timesledger.com\/stories\/2013\/32\/bookstorebiz_all_2013_08_02_q.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Enigma Books<\/a>\u2014specializing in science fiction, fantasy, and mystery\u2014is opening in Queens.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; In the immortal words of David Cross, \u201cWhen you misuse the word literally, you are using it in the exact opposite way it was intended.\u201d He must be dismayed at the growing usage of its \u201cinformal\u201d meaning. Is comedic literature making a comeback? Random House\u2019s Crown Archetype imprint certainly hopes so: they\u2019re releasing Let [&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":[11609,4995,6643,11611,11608,11610],"class_list":["post-57811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-the-shelf","tag-anchorman","tag-barbara-cartland","tag-david-cross","tag-enigma-books","tag-literally","tag-ron-burgundy"],"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>Ron Burgundy Is Writing a Memoir, and Other News by Sadie Stein<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"August 14, 2013 \u2013 &nbsp; In the immortal words of David Cross, \u201cWhen you misuse the word literally, you are using it in the exact opposite way it was intended.\u201d He must be\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/14\/ron-burgundy-is-writing-a-memoir-and-other-news\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Ron Burgundy Is Writing a Memoir, and Other News by Sadie Stein\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"August 14, 2013 \u2013 &nbsp; 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