{"id":2247,"date":"2008-08-13T06:27:11","date_gmt":"2008-08-13T10:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2247"},"modified":"2008-08-13T07:10:27","modified_gmt":"2008-08-13T11:10:27","slug":"morning-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/morning-sun","title":{"rendered":"Morning Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s a comparatively slow day at the Official Newspaper of Gil Roth<\/a>:<\/p>\n

    \n
  1. a review of the new book by James Wood, How Fiction Works<\/em><\/a>,<\/li>\n
  2. a review of an anthology on New Criticism<\/a>, and<\/li>\n
  3. a brief history (with slideshow) of Art Deco<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    So I guess I oughtta flip over to the NYObserver<\/a>, which is more hit-and-miss in its Gilcentric writing:<\/p>\n

      \n
    1. the decline of newspaper reporters in NJ<\/a>, and<\/li>\n
    2. an interview with Amtrak president\/CEO Alex Kummant<\/a> about transit plans in NY\/NJ and the need for new rail capacity?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Looks like I have nothing to complain about.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      It’s a comparatively slow day at the Official Newspaper of Gil Roth: a review of the new book by James Wood, How Fiction Works, a review of an anthology on New Criticism, and a brief history (with slideshow) of Art Deco. So I guess I oughtta flip over to the NYObserver, which is more hit-and-miss … <\/p>\n

      Continue reading “Morning Sun”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[27,4,19],"tags":[260,259,128],"class_list":["post-2247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-business","category-literature","category-urban-issues","tag-alex-kummant","tag-james-wood","tag-new-york-sun"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-Af","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1922,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/the-official-newspaper-of-gil-roth","url_meta":{"origin":2247,"position":0},"title":"The official newspaper of Gil Roth","author":"Gil","date":"February 26, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Recently, we began receiving the New York Sun, I think as an add-on to our Wall Street Journal subscription. 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