{"id":63024,"date":"2013-11-27T11:42:35","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T16:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=63024"},"modified":"2013-11-27T11:54:28","modified_gmt":"2013-11-27T16:54:28","slug":"the-female-gaze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2013\/11\/27\/the-female-gaze\/","title":{"rendered":"The Female Gaze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Miss last night\u2019s McNally Jackson\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mcnallyjackson.com\/event\/geoff-dyer-conversation-ben-lerner\" target=\"_blank\">discussion of ekphrasis<\/a> between Ben Lerner, Geoff Dyer, and our favorite moderator, editor Lorin Stein? 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