{"id":63660,"date":"2013-12-13T10:07:19","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T15:07:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=63660"},"modified":"2013-12-13T12:58:24","modified_gmt":"2013-12-13T17:58:24","slug":"animating-the-diary-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/13\/animating-the-diary-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Animating the <em>Diary<\/em>, and Other News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/diaryofyounggirllarge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-63662\" alt=\"diaryofyounggirllarge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/diaryofyounggirllarge.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"355\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201cElmore was the coolest guy I knew,\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2013\/dec\/13\/elmore-leonard-obituary-son-peter-leonard\" target=\"_blank\">says<\/a> Leonard\u2019s son Peter.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li><em>The Diary of Anne Frank<\/em> is being turned into <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/news\/ari-folman-write-direct-animated-665256\" target=\"_blank\">an animated film<\/a> for children.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.themorningnews.org\/post\/the-tob-x-long-list\" target=\"_blank\">The tenth annual Tournament of Books longlist<\/a>!<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/centerforfiction.org\/awards\/the-flaherty-dunnan-first-novel-prize\/margaret-wrinkle-on-wash\/\" target=\"_blank\">Margaret Wrinkle<\/a> is the winner of the Center for Fiction\u2019s 2013 Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize, for\u00a0<em>Wash<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cElmore was the coolest guy I knew,\u201d says Leonard\u2019s son Peter.\u00a0 The Diary of Anne Frank is being turned into an animated film for children. 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