{"id":63009,"date":"2013-11-27T09:45:21","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T14:45:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=63009"},"modified":"2013-11-27T10:06:50","modified_gmt":"2013-11-27T15:06:50","slug":"amazon-is-stressful-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/27\/amazon-is-stressful-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Is Stressful, and Other News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/amazonbig.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/amazonbig.jpg\" alt=\"amazonbig\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63010\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>In honor of Thanksgiving, <a href=\"http:\/\/flavorwire.com\/426164\/50-essential-novels-for-foodies\/\" target=\"_blank\">novels full of good food<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Hundreds of writers have volunteered to sell books<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/life\/books\/2013\/11\/25\/small-business-saturday-indies-first\/3680115\/\" target=\"_blank\"> at indie bookstores<\/a> this Small Business Saturday.<\/li>\n<li>An undercover BBC investigation has found that working at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/business-25034598\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon warehouse during the holiday season<\/a> can lead to \u201cmental and physical illness.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Keep a notebook, write daily, and other tips from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2013\/11\/25\/nicholson_bakers_best_advice_writers_must_write_every_day\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nicholson Baker<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>And whether or not you finish the books, <a href=\"http:\/\/sabotagetimes.com\/books\/the-20-best-opening-lines-from-books\" target=\"_blank\">twenty great opening lines<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In honor of Thanksgiving, novels full of good food. 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An undercover BBC investigation has found that working at the Amazon warehouse during the holiday season can lead to \u201cmental and physical illness.\u201d Keep a notebook, write daily, and other tips [&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":[4223,2660,9307],"class_list":["post-63009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-the-shelf","tag-amazon-com","tag-nicholson-baker","tag-small-business-saturday"],"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>Amazon Is Stressful, and Other News by Sadie Stein<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 27, 2013 \u2013 In honor of Thanksgiving, novels full of good food. 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