{"id":24476,"date":"2011-12-09T12:05:20","date_gmt":"2011-12-09T17:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=24476"},"modified":"2013-02-13T14:59:21","modified_gmt":"2013-02-13T19:59:21","slug":"alice-in-bed-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/09\/alice-in-bed-again\/","title":{"rendered":"Alice in Bed, Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/alicejames4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-24493\" title=\"Alice James\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/alicejames4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"270\" height=\"251\" \/><\/a>Last Thursday at the New York Public Library, Lorin interviewed Jean Strouse on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/02\/staff-picks-proud-beggars-a-brilliant-invalid\/\">Alice James<\/a>, the \u201chysterical\u201d sister of William and Henry. 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