{"id":9396,"date":"2017-07-25T12:34:32","date_gmt":"2017-07-25T01:34:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikewish.com\/?p=9396"},"modified":"2018-06-20T10:54:28","modified_gmt":"2018-06-20T00:54:28","slug":"the-mask","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?p=9396","title":{"rendered":"The Mask"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My translation of Claudine Jacques&#8217; short story <em>Le Masque<\/em> has just been published by Volkeno Books, Vanuatu, in a bilingual edition. 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