{"id":541,"date":"2017-06-22T22:58:16","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T22:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/?p=541"},"modified":"2017-06-22T22:58:16","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T22:58:16","slug":"and-what-have-you-learned-from-johnathan-franzen-lately","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/?p=541","title":{"rendered":"And What Have You Learned From Johnathan Franzen Lately?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-544\" src=\"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/The_Hunger_Games_cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"322\" srcset=\"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/The_Hunger_Games_cover.jpg 220w, https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/The_Hunger_Games_cover-205x300.jpg 205w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/>Not to reopen the never-ending battle between advocates of literary vs. genre fiction, but I assume by now everyone has heard about the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gloucestertimes.com\/news\/local_news\/rockport-girl-s-quick-action-helps-avert-tragedy\/article_60a3db91-a825-5b5e-b05f-81177ae2c49c.html\">girl that saved a friend&#8217;s life using first aid techniques she learned by reading <em>The Hunger Games<\/em><\/a>. \u00a0I&#8217;d always assumed <em>The\u00a0Hunger Games<\/em> was more useful for information on shooting people with arrows, but there you go.<\/p>\n<p>But what useful skills has anyone ever picked up from reading literary fiction? \u00a0How to make cutting remarks? \u00a0How best to map the travails and grievances of previous generations of your family?<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m just sayin&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Not to reopen the never-ending battle between advocates of literary vs. genre fiction, but I assume by now everyone has heard about the girl that saved a friend&#8217;s life using first aid techniques she learned by reading The Hunger Games. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/?p=541\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-writing-things"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4qgvH-8J","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=541"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":545,"href":"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/541\/revisions\/545"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/internetmanifestation.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}