{"id":63997,"date":"2013-12-20T09:52:49","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T14:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=63997"},"modified":"2014-03-07T13:58:18","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T18:58:18","slug":"the-horror-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/12\/20\/the-horror-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"The Horror, and Other News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/largeheartdarkness.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/largeheartdarkness.jpg\" alt=\"largeheartdarkness\" width=\"600\" height=\"974\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-64013\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>Check out this new <a href=\"http:\/\/boingboing.net\/2013\/12\/18\/illuminated-heart-of-darknes.html\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Heart of Darkness<\/em><\/a>, illustrated by Matt Kish \u2026 if you dare.<\/li>\n<li>By now you have\u00a0 probably heard the allegations that Shia LaBeouf allegedly plagiarized a Daniel Clowes book. Then he\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.avclub.com\/article\/shia-labeouf-plagiarizes-daniel-clowes-comic-for-h-106565\" target=\"_blank\">plagiarized<\/a>\u00a0his apology. Now, there\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/robot6.comicbookresources.com\/2013\/12\/shia-labeoufs-website-about-page-was-also-copied\/\" target=\"_blank\">this<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>This <a href=\"http:\/\/writeahouse.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Detroit residency <\/a>just gives writers houses. Forever.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/12\/19\/most-annoying-word-_n_4474607.html?utm_hp_ref=books\" target=\"_blank\">The word Americans hate<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out this new Heart of Darkness, illustrated by Matt Kish \u2026 if you dare. By now you have\u00a0 probably heard the allegations that Shia LaBeouf allegedly plagiarized a Daniel Clowes book. Then he\u00a0plagiarized\u00a0his apology. Now, there\u2019s\u00a0this. 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