{"id":111722,"date":"2017-06-13T12:22:07","date_gmt":"2017-06-13T16:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=111722"},"modified":"2017-06-16T09:30:39","modified_gmt":"2017-06-16T13:30:39","slug":"a-note-from-our-editor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/13\/a-note-from-our-editor\/","title":{"rendered":"A Note from Our Editor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_0049.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-111725\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_0049-1024x703.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"703\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_0049-1024x703.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_0049-300x206.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/img_0049-768x527.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Seven years ago, we opened up the full archive of <i>Paris Review<\/i> interviews, the famous Writers at Work series, to the public. 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