{"id":641,"date":"2010-06-17T09:00:40","date_gmt":"2010-06-17T13:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=641"},"modified":"2010-06-18T14:39:59","modified_gmt":"2010-06-18T18:39:59","slug":"terry-southern-month-is-serendipity-month","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2010\/06\/17\/terry-southern-month-is-serendipity-month\/","title":{"rendered":"Terry Southern Month is Serendipity Month"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/terrysouthernamericangrotesque.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"226\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-794\" \/>It has been brought to our attention that June, 2010\u2014<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/category\/terry-southern-month\/\">Terry Southern Month<\/a>\u2014happens also to be the pub month for David Tully&#8217;s critical bio &#8220;Terry Southern and the American Grotesque.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>A sample:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Southern was a Southwestern humor variation on Poe and Hawthorne. 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