{"id":31518,"date":"2012-05-14T15:45:38","date_gmt":"2012-05-14T19:45:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=31518"},"modified":"2012-05-14T17:22:02","modified_gmt":"2012-05-14T21:22:02","slug":"the-art-of-poetry-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/14\/the-art-of-poetry-live\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Poetry, Live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div id=\"attachment_31563\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Jamesjpeg.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-31563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Jamesjpeg-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Jamesjpeg\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-31563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Jamesjpeg-300x197.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Jamesjpeg-1024x673.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Jamesjpeg.jpg 1328w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-31563\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photograph by Dominique Nabokov<\/p><\/div><\/a>Watch a <em>Paris Review<\/em> interview in action! Thursday, May 17, <em>Paris Review<\/em> poetry editor Robyn Creswell will interview poet James Fenton (both fellows at the Cullman Center) at the New York Public Library in what will, ultimately, become a part of our legendary Art of Poetry series.<\/p>\n<p>The interview will be followed by a Q &#038; A with audience members. <\/p>\n<p>\n For details, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nypl.org\/events\/programs\/2012\/05\/17\/paris-review-interview-james-fenton-and-robyn-creswell\">NYPL\u2019s web site<\/a>. We\u2019ll see you there. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watch a Paris Review interview in action! Thursday, May 17, Paris Review poetry editor Robyn Creswell will interview poet James Fenton (both fellows at the Cullman Center) at the New York Public Library in what will, ultimately, become a part of our legendary Art of Poetry series. 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