{"id":3689,"date":"2011-05-11T17:08:41","date_gmt":"2011-05-12T01:08:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/?p=3689"},"modified":"2011-05-11T17:20:26","modified_gmt":"2011-05-12T01:20:26","slug":"first-blurb-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/outreach\/marketing\/first-blurb-in\/","title":{"rendered":"First blurb in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Laufer was kind enough to provide a blurb on short notice, working from the not-quite-finished manuscript:<\/p>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<div>\n<p>Tom Christensen&#8217;s vividly illustrated\u00a0<em>1616: The World in Motion<\/em> is filled with unforgettable characters and stories that illuminate many of today&#8217;s global aches and joys. Immersing ourselves in this watershed year reminds us that if we look carefully every year counts, a lesson that can keep us mindful through the passing of our own years.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\u2014 Peter Laufer, James Wallace Chair in Journalism at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication and author,\u00a0<em>The Dangerous World of Butterflies<\/em> and\u00a0<em>Forbidden Creatures<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>You might have seen Peter on the Daily Show:<\/p>\n<div style=\"background-color: #000000; width: 435px;\">\n<div style=\"padding: 4px;\"><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"435\" height=\"245\" src=\"http:\/\/media.mtvnservices.com\/mgid:cms:video:thedailyshow.com:230689\" base=\".\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left; background-color: #ffffff; padding: 4px; margin-top: 4px; margin-bottom: 0px; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedailyshow.com\/watch\/wed-june-17-2009\/peter-laufer\">The Daily Show &#8211; Peter Laufer<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Peter Laufer was kind enough to provide a blurb on short notice, working from the not-quite-finished manuscript: Tom Christensen&#8217;s vividly illustrated\u00a01616: The World in Motion is filled with&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[82,50],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3689"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3697,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3689\/revisions\/3697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rightreading.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}