{"id":20112,"date":"2017-01-23T15:41:17","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T19:41:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/?p=20112"},"modified":"2017-05-25T16:41:35","modified_gmt":"2017-05-25T20:41:35","slug":"alix-ohlin-quarantine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2017\/01\/23\/alix-ohlin-quarantine\/","title":{"rendered":"Alix Ohlin: &#8220;Quarantine&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element in-legacy-container\" style=\"--awb-caption-title-font-family:var(--h2_typography-font-family);--awb-caption-title-font-weight:var(--h2_typography-font-weight);--awb-caption-title-font-style:var(--h2_typography-font-style);--awb-caption-title-size:var(--h2_typography-font-size);--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><a class=\"fusion-no-lightbox\" href=\"http:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"Header 2\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"929\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/Header-2-1-e1493098728843.jpg?resize=929%2C200\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-20947\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 sep-underline sep-solid fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-three\"><h3 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left fusion-responsive-typography-calculated\" style=\"margin:0;--fontSize:17;--minFontSize:17;line-height:1.41;\"><p><strong><span style=\"color: #003366;\">&#8220;Quarantine&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #808080;\">by Alix Ohlin<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #808080;\">from the January 30, 2017 issue of\u00a0<em>The New Yorker<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/h3><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/January-30-2017.gif\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"20113\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/2017\/01\/23\/alix-ohlin-quarantine\/january-30-2017\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/January-30-2017.gif?fit=549%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"549,750\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"January 30, 2017\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/January-30-2017.gif?fit=220%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/January-30-2017.gif?fit=549%2C750&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright wp-image-20113\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/January-30-2017-220x300.gif?resize=388%2C530\" alt=\"\" width=\"388\" height=\"530\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/January-30-2017.gif?resize=220%2C300&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/mookseandgripes.com\/reviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/January-30-2017.gif?fit=549%2C750&amp;ssl=1 549w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 388px) 100vw, 388px\" \/><\/a>I haven&#8217;t enjoyed Ohlin&#8217;s work in the past, and I don&#8217;t think &#8220;Quarantine&#8221; is for me either. 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