{"id":149660,"date":"2020-12-24T09:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T14:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=149660"},"modified":"2020-12-11T16:52:01","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T21:52:01","slug":"literary-paper-dolls-clarissa-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2020\/12\/24\/literary-paper-dolls-clarissa-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Literary Paper Dolls: Clarissa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>We\u2019re away until January 4, but we\u2019re reposting some of our favorite pieces from 2020. Enjoy your holiday!<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_145001\" style=\"width: 1034px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/clarissa-comp-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145001\" class=\"wp-image-145001 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/clarissa-comp-3-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/clarissa-comp-3-1024x640.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/clarissa-comp-3-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/clarissa-comp-3-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/clarissa-comp-3.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-145001\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ILLUSTRATIONS \u00a9 JENNY KROIK<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There is a sound made by a room full of people at a party. It\u2019s a radio between stations with a stretch and pop and one voice coming into focus and certain stories turning up like bingo balls from the collective burble. I love this sound.<\/p>\n<p>I throw parties for <em>The Paris Review<\/em>. That\u2019s not what it says on my business card, and I certainly have other duties, but this is one of them. There are equations for judging provisions for a party. The average person drinks x number of drinks, times x number of people divided by glasses in a bottle, bottles in a case, et cetera, et cetera. I sometimes use these equations. 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