{"id":125048,"date":"2018-05-07T11:00:42","date_gmt":"2018-05-07T15:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=125048"},"modified":"2018-05-07T16:14:42","modified_gmt":"2018-05-07T20:14:42","slug":"how-well-do-you-know-these-writers-lives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/07\/how-well-do-you-know-these-writers-lives\/","title":{"rendered":"How Well Do You Know These Writers\u2019 Lives?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/guessthewriter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-125053\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/guessthewriter-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/guessthewriter-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/guessthewriter-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/guessthewriter-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/guessthewriter.jpg 1480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The five anonymous minibiographies below are drawn from the lives of writers in our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview archives<\/a>. Be among the first to correctly identify all five and you could win a copy of<em> The Paris Review<\/em>\u2019s newest book, <a href=\"https:\/\/store.theparisreview.org\/products\/chapbook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>The Writer\u2019s Chapbook<\/em><\/a>. Winners will be drawn on Wednesday, May 10, and contacted via email. These anonymous biographies are part of a larger ongoing series by\u00a0Matt B. Weir.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSde0CwNCqwndCXP5AEN2uIAWHCPDM7Im6Wi6ou0hSXKSGS4gQ\/viewform?embedded=true\" width=\"700\" height=\"1400\" frameborder=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\">Loading&#8230;<\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Matt B. Weir is a writer living in New York.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The five anonymous minibiographies below are drawn from the lives of writers in our\u00a0interview archives. 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