{"id":83468,"date":"2015-03-09T19:46:43","date_gmt":"2015-03-09T23:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=83468"},"modified":"2015-03-09T19:54:41","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T23:54:41","slug":"this-tuesday-paul-beatty-and-lorin-stein-in-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2015\/03\/09\/this-tuesday-paul-beatty-and-lorin-stein-in-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"This Tuesday: Paul Beatty and Lorin Stein in Conversation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/paul-beatty-slider.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-83472\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/paul-beatty-slider.jpg\" alt=\"paul beatty slider\" width=\"600\" height=\"353\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/paul-beatty-slider.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/paul-beatty-slider-300x176.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>New Yorkers: join us tomorrow at <a href=\"http:\/\/mcnallyjackson.com\/event\/sellout-paul-beatty-conversation-lorin-stein\" target=\"_blank\">McNally Jackson<\/a>, where our editor <strong>Lorin Stein<\/strong> will appear in conversation with <strong>Paul Beatty<\/strong>. Paul\u2019s new novel, <em>The Sellout<\/em>, is out now; the<em> Guardian <\/em>calls it \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/books\/2015\/mar\/04\/the-sellout-by-paul-beatty-review-galvanizing-satire-post-racial-america\" target=\"_blank\">a galvanizing satire of post-racial America<\/a>,\u201d and Sam Lipsyte noted its \u201cspectacular explosion of comic daring, cultural provocation, brilliant, hilarious prose, and genuine heart.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event begins at seven <small>P.M.<\/small> See you there!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Yorkers: join us tomorrow at McNally Jackson, where our editor Lorin Stein will appear in conversation with Paul Beatty. 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