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Sometimes it\u2019s hard to say how you really feel. You want to be accommodating. You want to be kind. Above all, you want to be liked,\u00a0but nobody likes a pushover<\/em>. This is the year to stick up for yourself!<\/p>\n

We intend to lead by example. Just last week, for instance, some wise guy tweeted, \u201cThey can\u2019t fool me. Everyone knows The Paris Review<\/i> has been just a McSweeney\u2019s<\/i> Twitter sock-puppet since Plimpton passed away.\u201d Well, that sort of hurt our feelings. We let it slide at the time, but now we\u2019ve grown a pair\u2014AND WE ARE NOT A PUPPET!<\/p>\n

True, we\u2019ve been touting our subscription deal with McSweeney\u2019s<\/i> for a week now. We\u2019ve been tireless, not to say relentless, in promoting our association with that fine publication. Why? Not because we\u2019re pushovers, but because\u2014and this is the sound of a literary magazine putting its pedigreed, pedicured, sixty-year-old foot down\u2014it\u2019s one hell of a deal. Think about it. For just $75, you get a full year of McSweeney\u2019s<\/em> and The Paris Review<\/em>\u2014that\u2019s a 20 percent savings on all the interviews, fiction, essays, art, poetry, and humor a discerning reader could want. Subscribe now!<\/a><\/p>\n

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