{"id":61713,"date":"2013-10-25T09:35:03","date_gmt":"2013-10-25T13:35:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=61713"},"modified":"2013-10-25T09:42:41","modified_gmt":"2013-10-25T13:42:41","slug":"authors-in-uniform-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/25\/authors-in-uniform-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Authors in Uniform, and Other News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/donna-tarttlarge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/donna-tarttlarge.jpg\" alt=\"donna-tarttlarge\" width=\"600\" height=\"324\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-61715\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>From Twain to Wolfe to Tartt: <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.sfgate.com\/bookmarks\/2013\/10\/22\/twain-to-tartt-a-long-tradition-of-author-uniforms\/#17107101=0\" target=\"_blank\">authors in uniform<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Fittingly enough, <a href=\"http:\/\/observer.com\/2013\/10\/fight-club-two-rounds-with-norman-mailer\/\" target=\"_blank\">fisticuffs<\/a> at the <em>Norman Mailer: A Double Life<\/em> party.<\/li>\n<li>The <em>Asterix<\/em> reboot, set in ancient Scotland, is being hailed by (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dailystar.com.lb\/Culture\/Books\/2013\/Oct-25\/235731-asterix-steps-unwittingly-into-scottish-referendum-debate.ashx#axzz2ijEFhMBm\" target=\"_blank\">a few, possibly as few as none<\/a>) Scottish nationalists as an endorsement in the referendum debates.<\/li>\n<li>The Iranian culture minister promises <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2013\/oct\/24\/iran-relax-book-censorship-culture-minister\" target=\"_blank\">a relaxation of book censorship<\/a> under the new regime.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Twain to Wolfe to Tartt: authors in uniform. 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