{"id":55309,"date":"2013-06-28T09:30:07","date_gmt":"2013-06-28T13:30:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=55309"},"modified":"2013-06-28T12:00:12","modified_gmt":"2013-06-28T16:00:12","slug":"date-your-characters-and-other-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/06\/28\/date-your-characters-and-other-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Date Your Characters, and Other News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/maleasexual600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/maleasexual600.jpg\" alt=\"maleasexual600\" width=\"600\" height=\"208\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-55310\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/maleasexual600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/maleasexual600-300x104.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<li>Hogarth is launching <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vintage-books.co.uk\/The-Hogarth-Shakespeare\/\" target=\"_blank\">a new series<\/a> in which modern writers reinterpret Shakespeare. 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