{"id":96239,"date":"2016-03-31T14:49:58","date_gmt":"2016-03-31T18:49:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=96239"},"modified":"2016-03-31T16:15:34","modified_gmt":"2016-03-31T20:15:34","slug":"odd-behavior","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/03\/31\/odd-behavior\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cOdd Behavior\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Our <a href=\"http:\/\/store.theparisreview.org\/products\/the-spring-revel\" target=\"_blank\">Spring Revel<\/a> is April 5. In anticipation of the event, the<\/em> Daily<em> is featuring a series of posts celebrating Lydia Davis, who is being <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/03\/02\/get-your-tickets-to-our-spring-revel\/\" target=\"_blank\">honored this year with <\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/03\/02\/get-your-tickets-to-our-spring-revel\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Paris Review<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2016\/03\/02\/get-your-tickets-to-our-spring-revel\/\" target=\"_blank\">\u2019s Hadada Award<\/a>. Here, the cartoonist Hallie Bateman has adapted into comics Davis\u2019s story \u201cOdd Behavior,\u201d which was originally published in the collection <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiebound.org\/book\/9780312420550\" target=\"_blank\">Almost No Memory<\/a> <em>(1997). <\/em><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/odd_behavior3.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-96289\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-96289\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/odd_behavior3.jpg\" alt=\"odd_behavior3\" width=\"513\" height=\"4055\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/odd_behavior3.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/odd_behavior3-38x300.jpg 38w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/odd_behavior3-768x6070.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/halliebateman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hallie Bateman<\/a> is a writer and cartoonist based in Los Angeles.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Spring Revel is April 5. 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