{"id":40984,"date":"2012-11-02T09:00:10","date_gmt":"2012-11-02T13:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=40984"},"modified":"2012-11-02T01:08:54","modified_gmt":"2012-11-02T05:08:54","slug":"i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/","title":{"rendered":"I Sent My Book to David Foster Wallace and All I Got Was This Lousy Postcard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DFW-Postcard-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DFW-Postcard-2-300x214.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"DFW-Postcard-2\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-40985\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DFW-Postcard-2-300x214.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DFW-Postcard-2.jpg 575w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>\u201cWhy did he choose to send me a postcard? Simply because it\u2019s a few cents cheaper than mailing a letter in an envelope? Was it just sitting around when he was looking for something to write on? Does he buy stacks of these postcards for the express purpose of responding to random fans? And worse, does he write this same prepared response to every letter?\u201d Frank Cassese on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guernicamag.com\/features\/it-doesnt-mean-were-wasting-our-time\/\" target=\"_blank\">hearing from DFW<\/a>. <\/li>\n<li>An unpublished <a href=\"http:\/\/artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com\/2012\/10\/31\/new-piece-added-to-puzzle-of-truman-capotes-answered-prayers\/\" target=\"_blank\">Truman Capote story <\/a>has come to light and will be published later this month. <\/li>\n<li>\u201cWithin the world of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/online\/blogs\/books\/2012\/11\/a-note-on-thurbers-dogs.html#entry-more\" target=\"_blank\">Thurber dog <\/a>there are many different specimens and varieties.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cI don\u2019t know why Hollywood is fascinated by my book when they never care to film it as I wrote it.\u201d <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flavorwire.com\/342090\/authors-funniest-responses-to-the-film-adaptations-of-their-work#5\" target=\"_blank\">Authors respond to adaptations of their work<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>\u201cFor Halloween, a pointy hat, fake hair and a broom [make] a witch&#8217;s outfit.\u201d And other wisdom from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.guardian.co.uk\/commentisfree\/2012\/oct\/30\/celebrate-pippa-middleton-celebrity-sister\" target=\"_blank\">Pippa Middleton\u2019s literary debut<\/a>.\u00a0\n<\/li>\n<p>[tweetbutton]<\/p>\n<p>[facebook_ilike]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhy did he choose to send me a postcard? Simply because it\u2019s a few cents cheaper than mailing a letter in an envelope? Was it just sitting around when he was looking for something to write on? Does he buy stacks of these postcards for the express purpose of responding to random fans? And worse, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":178,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2512],"tags":[8376,154,6969,149,5098,7723,2705],"class_list":["post-40984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-on-the-shelf","tag-adam-gopnik","tag-david-foster-wallace","tag-james-thurber","tag-news","tag-pippa-middleton","tag-roundup","tag-truman-capote"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v25.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>I Sent My Book to David Foster Wallace and All I Got Was This Lousy Postcard by Sadie Stein<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 2, 2012 \u2013 \u201cWhy did he choose to send me a postcard? Simply because it\u2019s a few cents cheaper than mailing a letter in an envelope? Was it just sitting around when he\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I Sent My Book to David Foster Wallace and All I Got Was This Lousy Postcard by Sadie Stein\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"November 2, 2012 \u2013 \u201cWhy did he choose to send me a postcard? Simply because it\u2019s a few cents cheaper than mailing a letter in an envelope? Was it just sitting around when he\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Paris Review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/parisreview\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-11-02T13:00:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DFW-Postcard-2.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"575\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"411\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Sadie Stein\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@parisreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@parisreview\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sadie Stein\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sadie Stein\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a1aef49f81bfc540a37e03590f3bb4d9\"},\"headline\":\"I Sent My Book to David Foster Wallace and All I Got Was This Lousy Postcard\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-11-02T13:00:10+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/\"},\"wordCount\":174,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DFW-Postcard-2-300x214.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Adam Gopnik\",\"David Foster Wallace\",\"James Thurber\",\"news\",\"Pippa Middleton\",\"roundup\",\"truman capote\"],\"articleSection\":[\"On the Shelf\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/\",\"name\":\"I Sent My Book to David Foster Wallace and All I Got Was This Lousy Postcard by Sadie Stein\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DFW-Postcard-2-300x214.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-11-02T13:00:10+00:00\",\"description\":\"November 2, 2012 \u2013 \u201cWhy did he choose to send me a postcard? Simply because it\u2019s a few cents cheaper than mailing a letter in an envelope? Was it just sitting around when he\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DFW-Postcard-2.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DFW-Postcard-2.jpg\",\"width\":\"575\",\"height\":\"411\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"I Sent My Book to David Foster Wallace and All I Got Was This Lousy Postcard\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"The Paris Review\",\"description\":\"The best prose, interviews, poetry, and art. Since 1953.\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Paris Review\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tpr-hadada-roundell-logo-square.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tpr-hadada-roundell-logo-square.png\",\"width\":696,\"height\":696,\"caption\":\"The Paris Review\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/parisreview\/\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/parisreview\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/parisreview\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a1aef49f81bfc540a37e03590f3bb4d9\",\"name\":\"Sadie Stein\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/147299ffa10db51f1ff44a626a9211650a1c11f8fc07d102ab48e63ab3be037b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/147299ffa10db51f1ff44a626a9211650a1c11f8fc07d102ab48e63ab3be037b?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Sadie Stein\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/author\/sstein\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"I Sent My Book to David Foster Wallace and All I Got Was This Lousy Postcard by Sadie Stein","description":"November 2, 2012 \u2013 \u201cWhy did he choose to send me a postcard? Simply because it\u2019s a few cents cheaper than mailing a letter in an envelope? Was it just sitting around when he","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"I Sent My Book to David Foster Wallace and All I Got Was This Lousy Postcard by Sadie Stein","og_description":"November 2, 2012 \u2013 \u201cWhy did he choose to send me a postcard? Simply because it\u2019s a few cents cheaper than mailing a letter in an envelope? Was it just sitting around when he","og_url":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/","og_site_name":"The Paris Review","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/parisreview\/","article_published_time":"2012-11-02T13:00:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":575,"height":411,"url":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DFW-Postcard-2.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Sadie Stein","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@parisreview","twitter_site":"@parisreview","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Sadie Stein","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/"},"author":{"name":"Sadie Stein","@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a1aef49f81bfc540a37e03590f3bb4d9"},"headline":"I Sent My Book to David Foster Wallace and All I Got Was This Lousy Postcard","datePublished":"2012-11-02T13:00:10+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/"},"wordCount":174,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DFW-Postcard-2-300x214.jpg","keywords":["Adam Gopnik","David Foster Wallace","James Thurber","news","Pippa Middleton","roundup","truman capote"],"articleSection":["On the Shelf"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/","url":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/","name":"I Sent My Book to David Foster Wallace and All I Got Was This Lousy Postcard by Sadie Stein","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DFW-Postcard-2-300x214.jpg","datePublished":"2012-11-02T13:00:10+00:00","description":"November 2, 2012 \u2013 \u201cWhy did he choose to send me a postcard? Simply because it\u2019s a few cents cheaper than mailing a letter in an envelope? Was it just sitting around when he","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DFW-Postcard-2.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DFW-Postcard-2.jpg","width":"575","height":"411"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/02\/i-sent-my-book-to-david-foster-wallace-and-all-i-got-was-this-lousy-postcard\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"I Sent My Book to David Foster Wallace and All I Got Was This Lousy Postcard"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/","name":"The Paris Review","description":"The best prose, interviews, poetry, and art. Since 1953.","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#organization","name":"The Paris Review","url":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tpr-hadada-roundell-logo-square.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/tpr-hadada-roundell-logo-square.png","width":696,"height":696,"caption":"The Paris Review"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/parisreview\/","https:\/\/x.com\/parisreview","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/parisreview"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/a1aef49f81bfc540a37e03590f3bb4d9","name":"Sadie Stein","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/147299ffa10db51f1ff44a626a9211650a1c11f8fc07d102ab48e63ab3be037b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/147299ffa10db51f1ff44a626a9211650a1c11f8fc07d102ab48e63ab3be037b?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Sadie Stein"},"url":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/author\/sstein\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/178"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40984"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40984\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41014,"href":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40984\/revisions\/41014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}