{"id":103170,"date":"2016-09-28T12:00:04","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T16:00:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=103170"},"modified":"2017-03-06T12:47:44","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T17:47:44","slug":"summer-hours-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/28\/summer-hours-part-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn Hours, Part 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/feheader.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-103171\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/feheader.jpg\" alt=\"feheader\" width=\"596\" height=\"319\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Catch up with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/13\/summer-hours-part-1\/\" target=\"_blank\">Part 1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/07\/26\/summer-hours-part-2\/\" target=\"_blank\">Part 2<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/08\/24\/summer-hours-part-3\/\" target=\"_blank\">Part 3<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/09\/07\/summer-hours-part-4-time\/\">Part 4<\/a> of Vanessa Davis\u2019s column. <\/em><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/foolserrandwb-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-103177\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/foolserrandwb-copy.jpg\" alt=\"foolserrandwb-copy\" width=\"605\" height=\"4039\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-copy\">\n<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/10\/12\/autumn-hours-part-6\/\" target=\"_blank\">Read Part 6 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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