{"id":151229,"date":"2021-03-04T12:35:29","date_gmt":"2021-03-04T17:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=151229"},"modified":"2021-03-04T13:56:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-04T18:56:29","slug":"winter-sleep","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2021\/03\/04\/winter-sleep\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheri Benning\u2019s \u201cWinter Sleep\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/sleep.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-151254\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/sleep.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/sleep.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/sleep-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/sleep-768x480.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/back-issues\/236\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spring 2021 issue<\/a>, which went live earlier this week, features three poems by Sheri Benning. 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