{"id":104423,"date":"2016-11-02T10:37:05","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T14:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=104423"},"modified":"2017-03-06T12:49:42","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T17:49:42","slug":"autumn-hours-part-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/02\/autumn-hours-part-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Autumn Hours, Part 7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/costume-drama-header.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-104424\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/costume-drama-header.jpg\" alt=\"costume-drama-header\" width=\"600\" height=\"396\" \/><\/a><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><em>Catch up with Vanessa Davis\u2019s column <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/tag\/summer-hours\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/costume-drama-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-104451\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/costume-drama-1.jpg\" alt=\"costume-drama-1\" width=\"600\" height=\"3943\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/16\/autumn-hours-part-8\/\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Read Part 8 here.<\/em><\/a><\/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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