{"id":48139,"date":"2013-03-08T17:01:09","date_gmt":"2013-03-08T22:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=48139"},"modified":"2013-03-11T18:51:20","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T22:51:20","slug":"last-chance-poseurs-win-a-briefcase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/03\/08\/last-chance-poseurs-win-a-briefcase\/","title":{"rendered":"Last Chance, Poseurs! Win a Briefcase"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/LorinMoody007-e1362776928846.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-48138\" alt=\"LorinMoody007\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/LorinMoody007-e1362776928846.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"479\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Here is the youngest resident of the Hotel Duncan taking a \u201csensitivity break\u201d from his senior thesis, on the fin-de-si\u00e8cle poet Trumbull Stickney, 1995: \u201cBut that I know these places are my own \/ I\u2019d ask how came such wretchedness to cumber \/ The earth, and I to people it alone. \/\/ It rains across the country I remember.\u201d\u00a0\u2014Lorin Stein<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/02\/04\/show-us-your-soulful-side-to-win-a-briefcase\/\" target=\"_blank\">Remember<\/a>! Whether you had a Romantic phase, a Beat fixation, an Aesthetic idyll, send us <em>your<\/em> picture of yourself at your most self-seriously bookish and you could win\u00a0a <a href=\"https:\/\/frankcleggleatherworks.com\/index.php\/product\/view\/English_Briefcase\" target=\"_blank\">Frank Clegg English Briefcase<\/a>. Send your picture, along with a brief description of your influences of the time, to <a href=\"mailto:contests@theparisreview.org\">contests@theparisreview.org<\/a>. All entries must be in by Monday, March 11. 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