{"id":43891,"date":"2012-12-19T15:58:51","date_gmt":"2012-12-19T20:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=43891"},"modified":"2013-01-29T10:33:24","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T15:33:24","slug":"the-perfect-stocking-stuffer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/19\/the-perfect-stocking-stuffer\/","title":{"rendered":"The Perfect Stocking Stuffer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Moleskine2_large_large.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-43892\" title=\"Moleskine2_large_large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/Moleskine2_large_large.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"230\" height=\"371\" \/><\/a>Beloved by writers and artists for more than a century, the iconic Moleskine notebook has paired up with us to create the perfect gift, embossed with the <em>Paris Review<\/em>\u2019s logo and featuring a Dorothy Parker quote from her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/4933\/the-art-of-fiction-no-13-dorothy-parker\">1956 interview<\/a>. 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