{"id":62434,"date":"2013-11-13T10:01:08","date_gmt":"2013-11-13T15:01:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=62434"},"modified":"2013-11-13T10:06:21","modified_gmt":"2013-11-13T15:06:21","slug":"writers-sell-out-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/13\/writers-sell-out-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Writers Sell Out, and Other News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/anitaloosad.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/anitaloosad.jpg\" alt=\"anitaloosad\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62436\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>A <a href=\"http:\/\/flavorwire.com\/424785\/12-vintage-advertisements-starring-famous-authors\/view-all\/\" target=\"_blank\">pretty amazing slideshow<\/a> of authors shilling for products through the ages.<\/li>\n<li>Jonathan Franzen <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pw.org\/content\/ian_hamilton_s_unpublished_salinger_biography_for_auction_speedreading_apps_and_more\" target=\"_blank\">loves<\/a> <em>Harriet the Spy<\/em>. Now really want to know his views on the even odder <em>The Long Secret<\/em> and frankly bizarre <em>Sport<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Herewith: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/11\/11\/scratch-n-sniff-wine-book-richard-betts_n_4254912.html?utm_hp_ref=books&amp;ir=Books\" target=\"_blank\">a scratch and sniff wine book<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cThe very foundation of Judaeo-Christian ethics is presented as a list.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2013\/nov\/12\/listicles-articles-written-lists-steven-poole\" target=\"_blank\">On listicles<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A pretty amazing slideshow of authors shilling for products through the ages. Jonathan Franzen loves Harriet the Spy. Now really want to know his views on the even odder The Long Secret and frankly bizarre Sport. Herewith: a scratch and sniff wine book. \u201cThe very foundation of Judaeo-Christian ethics is presented as a list.\u201d On [&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":[12199,2723,110,12200,8120],"class_list":["post-62434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-the-shelf","tag-anita-loos","tag-harriet-the-spy","tag-jonathan-franzen","tag-richard-betts","tag-wine"],"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>Writers Sell Out, and Other News by Sadie Stein<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 13, 2013 \u2013 A pretty amazing slideshow of authors shilling for products through the ages. 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