{"id":62929,"date":"2013-11-25T17:13:39","date_gmt":"2013-11-25T22:13:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=62929"},"modified":"2013-11-25T15:18:51","modified_gmt":"2013-11-25T20:18:51","slug":"what-were-doing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/25\/what-were-doing\/","title":{"rendered":"What We\u2019re Doing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mcnallylarge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-62939\" alt=\"mcnallylarge\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mcnallylarge.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mcnallylarge.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/mcnallylarge-300x140.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>New Yorkers! 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