{"id":100811,"date":"2016-07-26T10:30:21","date_gmt":"2016-07-26T14:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=100811"},"modified":"2017-03-06T12:45:40","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T17:45:40","slug":"summer-hours-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/26\/summer-hours-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Hours, Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/slough-header-pr.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100821\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-100821\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/slough-header-pr.jpg\" alt=\"slough header pr\" width=\"595\" height=\"287\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/slough-header-pr.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/slough-header-pr-300x145.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/slough-header-pr-768x370.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a> <em>Catch up with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/13\/summer-hours-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Part 1<\/a>\u00a0of Vanessa Davis\u2019s new column.\u00a0<\/em><!--more--> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/slough-of-life-final-revised.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-100812\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-100812\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/slough-of-life-final-revised.jpg\" alt=\"slough of life final revised\" width=\"595\" height=\"3149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/slough-of-life-final-revised.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/slough-of-life-final-revised-768x4064.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/24\/summer-hours-part-3\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read Part 3 here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Vanessa Davis is the author of the collections <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9781770462564\" target=\"_blank\">Spaniel Rage<\/a><em> and <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drawnandquarterly.com\/make-me-a-woman\" target=\"_blank\">Make Me a Woman<\/a><em>. 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