{"id":32405,"date":"2012-05-29T16:54:59","date_gmt":"2012-05-29T20:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=32405"},"modified":"2012-05-29T16:54:59","modified_gmt":"2012-05-29T20:54:59","slug":"authors-in-bathing-suits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/29\/authors-in-bathing-suits\/","title":{"rendered":"Authors in Bathing Suits"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/HST14-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/HST14-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"HST14-1\" width=\"350\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-32408\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/HST14-1.jpg 350w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/HST14-1-300x192.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Summer has kicked off, and hereabouts, at least, it actually feels like it. In honor of the stifling humidity, enjoy <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flavorwire.com\/190406\/take-a-dip-literary-greats-in-their-bathing-suits\">Flavorwire\u2019s gallery<\/a> of writers in bathing suits. Chances are you\u2019ve seen Sylvia Plath and Papa in their respective kits, but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flavorwire.com\/190406\/take-a-dip-literary-greats-in-their-bathing-suits#6\">Eugene O\u2019Neill<\/a>? <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flavorwire.com\/190406\/take-a-dip-literary-greats-in-their-bathing-suits#2\">Anne Sexton<\/a>? Special points to Hunter S. Thompson, left, for actually working (and drinking) in swimwear. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Summer has kicked off, and hereabouts, at least, it actually feels like it. In honor of the stifling humidity, enjoy Flavorwire\u2019s gallery of writers in bathing suits. Chances are you\u2019ve seen Sylvia Plath and Papa in their respective kits, but Eugene O\u2019Neill? Anne Sexton? Special points to Hunter S. 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