The Paris Review

Table of Contents

Fiction

Hans Koning, from Acts of Faith

Bradford Morrow, Christmas in Fiesole

Ben Okri, The Dream-Vendor's August

Paul West, Captain Ahab: A Novel by the White Whale

Interview

Hortense Calisher, The Art of Fiction No. 100  Full Text

William Gaddis, The Art of Fiction No. 101  Full Text

Poetry

Bruce Andrews, Could Darwin Instruct Those Turtles?

Michael Burkard, A Series of Judgments

Kevin Jeffery Clarke, Walking Papers

Milo De Angelis, Four Poems

Stephen Dunn, Among Men

Wendy Wilder Larsen, The Stove

David Lehman, Four Versions of the End

Jennifer Martin, Sunday Painting

W. S. Merwin, Three Poems

Eugenio Montale, Mediterranean

Sharon Olds, The Ferryer

Octavio Paz, Letter of Testimony Cantata

Robert Pinsky, Picture

Tomaz Salamun, Two Poems

Jeffrey Skinner, Self Portrait

Bruce Smith, In the City of Brotherly Love

Jordan Smith, Alberich

Mark Turpin, Two Poems

Arthur Vogelsang, Never Ask for Advice

Adam Zagajewski, Six Poems

Cynthia Zarin, Saturn

Feature

Conrad Aiken, Portraits

Art

Joseph Kosuth, Modus Operandi

Terry Winters, Morula III