{"id":37762,"date":"2020-01-10T09:05:16","date_gmt":"2020-01-10T14:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=37762"},"modified":"2020-01-10T09:05:22","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T14:05:22","slug":"a-poem-and-its-genesis-malcolm-ritchies-writing-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2020\/01\/a-poem-and-its-genesis-malcolm-ritchies-writing-it.html","title":{"rendered":"A Poem and Its Genesis: Malcolm Ritchie&#8217;s  &#8216;Writing It&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\"><em>This is how it was conceived:<\/em><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Writing It\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dNiT0ltYNfo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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