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Peter Orlovsky, Jack Kerouac, and William Burroughs relaxing on the beach.<\/p><\/div>\n

Have we got a contest for you! Break out those Photoshop skills and place your favorite writer on our super-duper Paris Review<\/em> beach towel<\/a> for a chance to win exactly this towel!<\/em> Meta, we know. To enter, join our Flickr group<\/a> and submit your image to the pool. We\u2019ll share the winning image, along with a couple of our favorites on The Daily by the end of this month.<\/p>\n

P.S. Don\u2019t do Photoshop? If you\u2019d like to get a beach towel of your own, simply subscribe or renew with our special beach towel offer<\/a>. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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