{"id":65897,"date":"2014-01-30T16:12:23","date_gmt":"2014-01-30T21:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=65897"},"modified":"2014-01-30T16:31:02","modified_gmt":"2014-01-30T21:31:02","slug":"time-is-running-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/01\/30\/time-is-running-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Is Running Out"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_65903\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/clock.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65903\" class=\" wp-image-65903\" alt=\"clock\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/clock.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/clock.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/clock-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-65903\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Chris Willis, via Wikimedia Commons<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Today is many things: Vanessa Redgrave\u2019s birthday; the 365th anniversary of Charles I\u2019s beheading; a Thursday. But more than any of these, it\u2019s the penultimate day of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\">our subscription deal with <em>McSweeney\u2019s<\/em><\/a>. You must, in the parlance of infomercials and World War II propaganda, <em><strong><small>ACT NOW, BEFORE IT\u2019S TOO LATE!<\/small><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>To refresh your memory: this January only, you can get a year of <em>The Paris Review<\/em> and <em>McSweeney\u2019s<\/em> <strong>for just $75<\/strong>*\u2014a twenty percent savings over individual subscriptions. It\u2019s what known among businessmen as <i>synergy<\/i>, and among laypeople as <i>a totally white-hot deal<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, our two magazines have always appealed to different readers. Our sensibilities, like our headquarters, are a continent apart. But for 2014 we say, vive la diff\u00e9rence. You\u2019ll have the most cosmopolitan bookshelf, nightstand, or bathroom on the block, and a full supply of the interviews, fiction, essays, poetry, and humor that keep us reading each other and make us want to spread the love!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe now<\/a> or risk infinite regret!<\/p>\n<p><small>*US only.<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is many things: Vanessa Redgrave\u2019s birthday; the 365th anniversary of Charles I\u2019s beheading; a Thursday. But more than any of these, it\u2019s the penultimate day of our subscription deal with McSweeney\u2019s. You must, in the parlance of infomercials and World War II propaganda, ACT NOW, BEFORE IT\u2019S TOO LATE! 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