{"id":83229,"date":"2015-03-02T16:02:36","date_gmt":"2015-03-02T21:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=83229"},"modified":"2015-03-02T16:02:36","modified_gmt":"2015-03-02T21:02:36","slug":"a-room-of-ones-own-with-someone-to-make-the-bed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/02\/a-room-of-ones-own-with-someone-to-make-the-bed\/","title":{"rendered":"A Room of One\u2019s Own (With Someone to Make the Bed)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/standard-residency-art.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-83231\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/standard-residency-art.png\" alt=\"standard residency art\" width=\"600\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/standard-residency-art.png 862w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/standard-residency-art-300x262.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the past two years, we\u2019ve partnered with the <a href=\"http:\/\/standardhotels.com\/east-village?rt=google%7Ccpc%7CABZ05-Andre-Balazs-East-Village-Branding%7Cstandard%20east%20village&amp;gclid=CIzQye_tvL0CFaLm7AodeAgAXA\">Standard, East Village<\/a>, in downtown Manhattan, to find a Writer-in-Residence\u2014someone with a book under contract who could use three weeks in a hotel room. Last summer\u2019s winner, the poet <strong>Ansel Elkins<\/strong>, from Greensboro, North Carolina, was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2014\/08\/04\/room-ones\">profiled by <em>The New Yorker<\/em><\/a> during her stay. \u201cI come down here with a book until I feel awake,\u201d she said in the hotel restaurant, \u201cand I watch the parade of fine-looking men in suits. You don\u2019t get that in Greensboro.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Today through April 8, we\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/standardculture\">accepting applications for our next residency<\/a>. No dishes, no distractions, just a quiet room in the center of everything. The residency will last the first three weeks in July; once again, applicants must have a book under contract. Applications will be judged by the editors of <em>The Paris Review<\/em> and <em>Standard Culture<\/em>. You can find all the details <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/standardculture\">here<\/a>. 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