{"id":35274,"date":"2019-05-09T20:21:22","date_gmt":"2019-05-10T00:21:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=35274"},"modified":"2019-05-09T20:21:29","modified_gmt":"2019-05-10T00:21:29","slug":"if-i-die-ahead-of-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2019\/05\/if-i-die-ahead-of-time.html","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;If I Die Ahead of Time . . ."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">. . . preposthumous is what I was.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"546\" data-attachment-id=\"35273\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/preposthumous-recto-365\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/preposthumous-recto-365.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"365,546\" 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;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;Preposthumous&amp;#8217; image by Gerard Bellaart [Cold Turkey Press, 2019]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/preposthumous-recto-365-201x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/preposthumous-recto-365.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/preposthumous-recto-365.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/preposthumous-recto-365.jpg 365w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/preposthumous-recto-365-201x300.jpg 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"365\" height=\"546\" data-attachment-id=\"35272\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/preposthumous-verso-365\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/preposthumous-verso-365.png\" data-orig-size=\"365,546\" 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=\"&amp;#8216;Preposthumous&amp;#8217; by Jan Herman [Cold Turkey Press, 2019]\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/preposthumous-verso-365-201x300.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/preposthumous-verso-365.png\" src=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/preposthumous-verso-365.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-35272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/preposthumous-verso-365.png 365w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/preposthumous-verso-365-201x300.png 201w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Nelson Algren died 38 years ago today. The staff here hasn&#8217;t forgot. Hi, Nelson.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nelson Algren died 38 years ago today. The staff here hasn&#8217;t forgot. 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