{"id":58943,"date":"2013-09-04T09:28:52","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T13:28:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=58943"},"modified":"2013-09-04T15:28:08","modified_gmt":"2013-09-04T19:28:08","slug":"fifty-shades-of-rage-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/04\/fifty-shades-of-rage-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifty Shades of Rage, and Other News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/defensivetweetlarge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/defensivetweetlarge.jpg\" alt=\"defensivetweetlarge\" width=\"600\" height=\"249\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-58944\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.openculture.com\/2013\/09\/hear-joey-ramones-interpretation-of-a-john-cage-piece-adapted-from-james-joyces-finnegans-wake.html\" target=\"_blank\">Joey Ramone sings John Cage adapting <em>Finnegans Wake<\/em><\/a>. Got that?<\/li>\n<li>Paul Muldoon\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/books\/2013\/09\/seamus-heaneys-beauty.html\" target=\"_blank\">eulogy<\/a> for Seamus Heaney.<\/li>\n<li>Fans of the <em>Fifty Shades<\/em> series are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/fans-outraged-by-50-shades-of-grey-casting-2013-9\" target=\"_blank\">outraged<\/a> at the casting for the upcoming film adaptations; a petition is circulating and already boasts 7,300 signatures. The producer has taken to Twitter to defend himself.<\/li>\n<li>The Agatha Christie estate has granted permission to author Sophie Hannah to write <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/culture\/books\/booknews\/10283628\/New-Poirot-book-to-be-published-with-permission-of-Agatha-Christies-family.html\" target=\"_blank\">a new Poirot mystery<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joey Ramone sings John Cage adapting Finnegans Wake. Got that? Paul Muldoon\u2019s eulogy for Seamus Heaney. Fans of the Fifty Shades series are outraged at the casting for the upcoming film adaptations; a petition is circulating and already boasts 7,300 signatures. The producer has taken to Twitter to defend himself. 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