{"id":19898,"date":"2011-08-23T14:29:55","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T18:29:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=19898"},"modified":"2011-08-23T15:10:13","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T19:10:13","slug":"james-salter-wins-the-2010-rea-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2011\/08\/23\/james-salter-wins-the-2010-rea-award\/","title":{"rendered":"James Salter Wins the 2010 Rea Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_19899\" style=\"width: 584px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/salter.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-19899\" class=\"size-full wp-image-19899\" title=\"James Salter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/salter.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"574\" height=\"439\" 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