{"id":46581,"date":"2013-02-11T13:21:15","date_gmt":"2013-02-11T18:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=46581"},"modified":"2013-02-11T12:52:57","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T17:52:57","slug":"dear-enemy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/11\/dear-enemy\/","title":{"rendered":"Dear Enemy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sylvia.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46582\" alt=\"sylvia\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sylvia.jpg\" width=\"493\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sylvia.jpg 493w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/sylvia-300x229.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. 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