{"id":122824,"date":"2018-03-14T16:50:47","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T20:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=122824"},"modified":"2018-03-14T16:57:28","modified_gmt":"2018-03-14T20:57:28","slug":"phoning-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2018\/03\/14\/phoning-home\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoning Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_122826\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/hawkinget.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-122826\" class=\"wp-image-122826\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/hawkinget.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"981\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/hawkinget.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/hawkinget-214x300.jpg 214w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/hawkinget-768x1076.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/hawkinget-731x1024.jpg 731w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-122826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Barry Blitt<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Barry Blitt is a cartoonist and illustrator. 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