{"id":62786,"date":"2013-11-21T10:03:26","date_gmt":"2013-11-21T15:03:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=62786"},"modified":"2013-11-21T12:38:53","modified_gmt":"2013-11-21T17:38:53","slug":"let-the-memory-live-again-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/21\/let-the-memory-live-again-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Let the Memory Live Again, and Other News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CatsPosterlarge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/CatsPosterlarge.jpg\" alt=\"CatsPosterlarge\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62787\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>The NBAs (you know, the book ones) have come and gone for another year. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2013\/11\/20\/living\/national-book-award-winners\/\" target=\"_blank\">And the winners are<\/a> \u2026<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mediabistro.com\/galleycat\/e-l-doctorow-honored-with-medal-for-distinguished-contribution-to-american-letters_b80258\" target=\"_blank\">E.&thinsp;L. Doctorow<\/a>, who was awarded the 2013 Medal for Distinguished Contributors to American Letters, called the Internet \u201cubiquitous and loomingly present in everything we do.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Peter Rabbit, Jay Gatsby, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/bookbub\/13-famous-book-characters_b_4311419.html?utm_hp_ref=books\" target=\"_blank\">eleven other characters<\/a> you wish would snap out of it.<\/li>\n<li>Following the 2012 death of T.&thinsp;S. Eliot\u2019s widow, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.latimes.com\/books\/jacketcopy\/la-et-jc-mrs-t-s-eliot-estate-to-be-auctioned-wed-by-christies-20131119,0,4722027.story#axzz2lCTyLWlv\" target=\"_blank\">Eliot\u2019s estate is going on the block<\/a>. (At the end of the day, it seems nothing is as valuable as <em>Cats<\/em>!)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The NBAs (you know, the book ones) have come and gone for another year. And the winners are \u2026 Meanwhile, E.&thinsp;L. 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