{"id":33647,"date":"2012-06-18T09:00:59","date_gmt":"2012-06-18T13:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=33647"},"modified":"2013-01-29T10:43:38","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T15:43:38","slug":"welcome-thessaly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/06\/18\/welcome-thessaly\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome, Thessaly!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/newsboy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-32035\" title=\"newsboy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/newsboy-244x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/newsboy-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/newsboy.jpg 411w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a>Here is some exciting news: our founding Web editor and wonderful friend Thessaly La Force, in from Iowa City, is helming the Daily this week! 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