{"id":57321,"date":"2013-08-05T17:00:25","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T21:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=57321"},"modified":"2013-08-05T17:20:39","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T21:20:39","slug":"short-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/05\/short-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Short Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Orlebar-Shorts-600.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57323\" alt=\"Orlebar-Shorts-600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Orlebar-Shorts-600.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"136\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Orlebar-Shorts-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Orlebar-Shorts-600-300x68.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out those shorts second from the right. Your eyes do not deceive you: that is indeed the very same 1953 William P\u00e8ne du Bois cityscape that graces the inside cover of your issue of\u00a0<em>The Paris Review<\/em>. It\u2019s one of four designs, taken from our archive, to be found on these limited-edition swim trunks (which could also, of course, just be worn as shorts). Produced in collaboration with Barneys New York and Orlebar Brown to celebrate the sixtieth anniversary of <em>The Paris Review<\/em>, they can be <a href=\"http:\/\/store.theparisreview.org\/collections\/accessories\" target=\"_blank\">found in our shop<\/a>. With each purchase, you will receive a one-year subscription. (<em>L-R: <a title=\"Paris Review Swim Trunks: Kim MacConnel\" href=\"http:\/\/store.theparisreview.org\/products\/paris-review-swim-trunks-kim-macconnel\" target=\"_blank\">Kim MacConnel<\/a><\/em>, <em>Summer 1980; <a title=\"Paris Review Swim Trunks: Donald Sultan\" href=\"http:\/\/store.theparisreview.org\/products\/paris-review-swim-trunks-donald-sultan\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Sultan<\/a><\/em>, <em>Summer 1996; <a title=\"Paris Review Swim Trunks: William P\u00e8ne du Bois\" href=\"http:\/\/store.theparisreview.org\/products\/paris-review-swim-trunks-william-p-ne-du-bois\" target=\"_blank\">William P\u00e8ne du Bois<\/a>, Spring 1953; <a title=\"Paris Review Swim Trunks: Leanne Shapton\" href=\"http:\/\/store.theparisreview.org\/products\/paris-review-swim-trunks-leanne-shapton\" target=\"_blank\">Leanne Shapton<\/a>, Spring 2011.<\/em>)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Check out those shorts second from the right. 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