{"id":66602,"date":"2014-02-12T17:18:44","date_gmt":"2014-02-12T22:18:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=66602"},"modified":"2014-02-12T17:48:38","modified_gmt":"2014-02-12T22:48:38","slug":"get-ready-to-revel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/02\/12\/get-ready-to-revel\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Ready to Revel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/revel-2014.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-66605 aligncenter\" alt=\"revel 2014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/revel-2014.jpg\" width=\"601\" height=\"499\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/revel-2014-300x249.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/revel-2014-1024x852.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Just when you thought you couldn\u2019t wish for spring any more fervently, news arrives of our Spring Revel. Save the date: on Tuesday, April 8, writers, poets, artists, editors, readers, supporters, eminences, patrons of the arts, bon vivants, and other all-around admirable sorts will convene at Cipriani 42nd Street for a legendary evening. <i>Women\u2019s Wear Daily <\/i>calls the Revel \u201cthe best party in town\u201d; Mary Karr calls it \u201cprom for New York intellectuals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This year, we\u2019ll honor Frederick Seidel with the Hadada Award, to be presented by John Jeremiah Sullivan. Lydia Davis will present the Plimpton Prize for Fiction; Roz Chast will present the Terry Southern Prize for Humor; and Martin Amis, Charlotte Rampling, and Zadie Smith will all read. There will be dinner, and cocktails, and unabated merriment, thanks in no small part to our event chairs, Chris Weitz and Mercedes Martinez.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019d love to see you there! <a href=\"http:\/\/store.theparisreview.org\/products\/the-spring-revel-2014\">Tickets and tables are available now<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just when you thought you couldn\u2019t wish for spring any more fervently, news arrives of our Spring Revel. Save the date: on Tuesday, April 8, writers, poets, artists, editors, readers, supporters, eminences, patrons of the arts, bon vivants, and other all-around admirable sorts will convene at Cipriani 42nd Street for a legendary evening. 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