{"id":73448,"date":"2014-07-02T13:08:06","date_gmt":"2014-07-02T17:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=73448"},"modified":"2014-07-02T14:39:08","modified_gmt":"2014-07-02T18:39:08","slug":"both-sides-of-your-brain-both-sides-of-the-pond","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2014\/07\/02\/both-sides-of-your-brain-both-sides-of-the-pond\/","title":{"rendered":"Both Sides of Your Brain, Both Sides of the Pond"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/robertfuddbewusstsein17jh.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-73449\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/robertfuddbewusstsein17jh.png\" alt=\"RobertFuddBewusstsein17Jh\" width=\"600\" height=\"871\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/robertfuddbewusstsein17jh.png 926w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/robertfuddbewusstsein17jh-206x300.png 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>The Paris Review<\/em><\/strong> is where America goes for the best in new fiction; <strong><em>The London Review of Books<\/em> <\/strong>is where Europe goes for bold critical essays. 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