{"id":61566,"date":"2013-10-22T11:20:31","date_gmt":"2013-10-22T15:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=61566"},"modified":"2013-10-22T12:57:43","modified_gmt":"2013-10-22T16:57:43","slug":"double-bind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/10\/22\/double-bind\/","title":{"rendered":"Double-Bind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Rowan-Ricardo-Paris-Review.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Rowan-Ricardo-Paris-Review.jpg\" alt=\"Rowan-Ricardo-Paris-Review\" width=\"600\" height=\"331\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-57842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Rowan-Ricardo-Paris-Review.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Rowan-Ricardo-Paris-Review-300x166.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last night posed a geographical dilemma for poet, <em>Daily<\/em> contributor, and <em>Paris Review<\/em> softball outfielder Rowan Ricardo Phillips. We had known for a while that Rowan was due to receive the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/08\/14\/rowan-ricardo-phillips-wins-2013-osterweil-award\/\" target=\"_blank\">2013 <small>PEN<\/small>\/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry<\/a> for his collection <em>The Ground<\/em>. But when we learned he was <em>also<\/em> the recipient of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/10\/22\/business\/media\/10-receive-whiting-writers-awards.html?smid=fb-share&amp;_r=1&amp;\" target=\"_blank\">2013 Whiting Writers\u2019 Award<\/a>, on the same evening, and several blocks northwest, we wondered how exactly he\u2019d work the geography. In the end, it was tight; when the <small>PEN<\/small> Awards started, Rowan was not onstage with the other recipients. But he finally arrived, was there to accept his second award of the evening, and both times made impressive extemporaneous remarks, somehow seamlessly working in Catalan, Shakespeare&#8217;s sonnet 116, and heartfelt tributes to his mother and wife, between thank-you\u2019s to editors, publishers, and friends. All in all, a good night\u2019s work! Hearty congratulations to Rowan and all the evening\u2019s talented honorees.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night posed a geographical dilemma for poet, Daily contributor, and Paris Review softball outfielder Rowan Ricardo Phillips. We had known for a while that Rowan was due to receive the 2013 PEN\/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry for his collection The Ground. 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