{"id":67654,"date":"2014-03-07T09:30:00","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=67654"},"modified":"2014-03-07T10:55:37","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T15:55:37","slug":"the-arches-of-new-york-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/03\/07\/the-arches-of-new-york-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"The Arches of New York, and Other News"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_67656\" style=\"width: 611px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/arch.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67656\" class=\" wp-image-67656 \" alt=\"arch\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/arch.jpg\" width=\"601\" height=\"301\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-67656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Michael Freeman, courtesy of the Museum of the City of New York, via Gizmodo<\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>Because completion is for rubes\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.publishersweekly.com\/blogs\/PWxyz\/2014\/03\/04\/12-books-that-end-mid-sentence\/\" target=\"_blank\">twelve books<\/a> that end in the middle of a<\/li>\n<li>A new app promises <a href=\"http:\/\/www.refinery29.com\/2014\/03\/63838\/spritz-speed-reading\" target=\"_blank\">to help you speed-read<\/a>. The technology is compelling, even if its name, Spritz, reminds one of cheap perfume and poolside wine cocktails.<\/li>\n<li>Remembering, or simply remembering to notice, <a href=\"http:\/\/gizmodo.com\/the-soaring-and-nearly-forgotten-arches-of-new-york-cit-1537743427\/@sarah-hedgecock\" target=\"_blank\">the arches of New York<\/a>: \u201cThese structures were also marvels of artistic engineering, combining intricate brickwork with functional arrays of vaults and pillars, all leading to a kind of Mediterranean dreamworld of colonnades.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBritain\u2019s best loved writers and storytellers have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.storymuseum.org.uk\/26characters\" target=\"_blank\">transformed themselves into the characters they most loved as children<\/a>.\u201d There\u2019s Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett, and, perhaps best of all, there\u2019s Malorie Blackman as the Wicked Witch of the West.<\/li>\n<li>\u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/online.wsj.com\/news\/articles\/SB10001424052702304360704579417123670677990?mg=reno64-wsj&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fonline.wsj.com%2Farticle%2FSB10001424052702304360704579417123670677990.html\" target=\"_blank\">Everything about the Vikings<\/a> was designed to stress their individuality \u2026 They were a bit like today\u2019s punks or Hell\u2019s Angels.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Because completion is for rubes\u2014twelve books that end in the middle of a A new app promises to help you speed-read. 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