{"id":21905,"date":"2011-10-06T12:21:18","date_gmt":"2011-10-06T16:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=21905"},"modified":"2011-10-06T13:23:03","modified_gmt":"2011-10-06T17:23:03","slug":"help-us-support-st-mark%e2%80%99s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/06\/help-us-support-st-mark%e2%80%99s\/","title":{"rendered":"Help Us Support St. Mark\u2019s!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/a-woolfe-stmarks_0.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-21936\" title=\"St. Mark's\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/a-woolfe-stmarks_0.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, Lorin <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/05\/saving-st-marks\/\">wrote about<\/a> St. Mark\u2019s Bookshop\u2014\u201cwhere the staff knows how to spread the word about good writing, face to face, hand to hand\u201d\u2014and the importance of keeping independent booksellers like this one alive.<\/p>\n<p>We meant every word of it, and to prove it, we\u2019re offering a special discount to St. Mark\u2019s patrons. Beginning today, when you buy a copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/theparisreview.org\/current-isse\/\">our fall issue<\/a> at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stmarksbookshop.com\/\">St. Mark\u2019s<\/a>, you\u2019ll receive a coupon good for 25% off a one-year subscription to <em>The Paris Review<\/em>, starting with our next issue (it\u2019s good for T-shirts, tote bags, and mugs, too).<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s our way of saying thank you for supporting this beloved East Village institution!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, Lorin wrote about St. Mark\u2019s Bookshop\u2014\u201cwhere the staff knows how to spread the word about good writing, face to face, hand to hand\u201d\u2014and the importance of keeping independent booksellers like this one alive. We meant every word of it, and to prove it, we\u2019re offering a special discount to St. Mark\u2019s patrons. 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