{"id":86923,"date":"2015-06-22T18:14:14","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T22:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=86923"},"modified":"2015-06-22T18:14:14","modified_gmt":"2015-06-22T22:14:14","slug":"one-week-left-to-order-our-commencement-gift-box","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2015\/06\/22\/one-week-left-to-order-our-commencement-gift-box\/","title":{"rendered":"One Week Left to Order Our Commencement Gift Box"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gradbox.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-85459\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gradbox.jpg\" alt=\"GRadbox\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gradbox.jpg 3180w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gradbox-300x178.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/gradbox-1024x607.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s mid-June. Summer is in full swing. All the young people in your life have graduated; they\u2019re preparing to embark on new journeys, to begin new lives, and by now they\u2019ve received lavish, thoughtful presents from everyone in the family. But not you. Every day, they\u2019re checking the mail, anxiously awaiting your gift. <em>Where is your gift?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Maybe you\u2019ve been holding out for something perfect, something that isn\u2019t cash, or booze, or an ill-fitting hand-me-down wool blazer the mere sight of which causes itching. The best gifts are practical and inspirational. That\u2019s why we\u2019ve put together\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/store.theparisreview.org\/products\/commencement-gift-box\" target=\"_blank\"><strong><em>The <\/em><em>Paris Review<\/em>\u00a0Commencement Gift Box<\/strong><\/a>. It includes <strong>a one-year subscription<\/strong>, a limited-edition\u00a0<em>Paris Review<\/em>\u00a0tote, and a trusty no. 2\u00a0<em>Paris Review<\/em>\u00a0pencil. It also features two of the most inspiring issues from our archive\u2014156 and 158\u2014in which <strong>Hunter S. Thompson<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Lorrie Moore<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Rick Moody<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>George Saunders<\/strong>, and\u00a0<strong>Dave Eggers<\/strong>\u00a0discuss graduation, writing, and life beyond the classroom.<\/p>\n<p>The boxes are available for only seven more days, through <strong>June 30<\/strong>.\u00a0They make a great present for aspiring writers, who should, in the words of William Kennedy, \u201cread the entire canon of literature that precedes them, back to the Greeks, up to the current issue of <em>The Paris Review<\/em>.\u201d You\u2019ll find <a href=\"http:\/\/store.theparisreview.org\/products\/commencement-gift-box\" target=\"_blank\">all the details here<\/a>\u2014order now.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 It\u2019s mid-June. Summer is in full swing. 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