{"id":58407,"date":"2013-08-26T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2013-08-26T13:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=58407"},"modified":"2013-08-26T10:29:20","modified_gmt":"2013-08-26T14:29:20","slug":"new-salinger-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/26\/new-salinger-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"New Salinger, and Other News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/salinger-articleLarge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/salinger-articleLarge.jpg\" alt=\"salinger-articleLarge\" width=\"600\" height=\"360\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/salinger-articleLarge.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/salinger-articleLarge-300x180.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>We like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-23820941\" target=\"_blank\">this slideshow<\/a> of images from the Hargeisa International Book Fair, but are somewhat confused by the headline \u201cSomaliland goes crazy for books.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>According to the upcoming <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/08\/25\/business\/media\/film-on-j-d-salinger-claims-more-books-coming.html?partner=rss&amp;emc=rss&amp;_r=1&amp;\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Salinger<\/em><\/a> documentary, the famous recluse instructed his estate to publish at least five posthumous books, starting in 2015.<\/li>\n<li>When he was a carpenter, Harrison Ford worked on Joan Didion\u2019s beach house. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/books\/jacketcopy\/la-et-jc-joan-didion-harrison-ford-pen-center-usa-winners-20130822,0,379680.story\" target=\"_blank\">Says she<\/a>, \u201cI was happy with his work\u2014and even happier with his presence in the house because he was a great moral force.\u201d He\u2019ll present her with a lifetime achievement award at the PEN Center USA dinner in October.<\/li>\n<li>Here are <a href=\"http:\/\/thestacks.deadspin.com\/elmore-leonard-wrote-great-opening-lines-here-are-all-1178066970\" target=\"_blank\">all of Elmore Leonard&#8217;s opening lines<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We like this slideshow of images from the Hargeisa International Book Fair, but are somewhat confused by the headline \u201cSomaliland goes crazy for books.\u201d According to the upcoming Salinger documentary, the famous recluse instructed his estate to publish at least five posthumous books, starting in 2015. 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