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The Paris Review No. 166, Summer 2003

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Jonathan Lethem describes his writing process: “I’m a tortoise, waking each day to plod out my page or two.”

An oral history of Gabriel García Márquez.

A novella by Michael Chabon, the 2004 Aga Khan Prize winner. Stories by Peter Orner and James Salter. Poems by Norma Jenckes and Natasha Saje.

Table of Contents

Fiction

Michael Chabon, The Final Solution

E. J. Levy, Theory of the Leisure Class

Peter Orner, Story of a Teacher's Wife

James Salter, Bangkok  Full Text

Interview

Amy Hempel, The Art of Fiction No. 176  Full Text

Jonathan Lethem, The Art of Fiction No. 177  Full Text

Poetry

Sally W. Bliumis, In the Women's Locker Room

Susan Conley, House of Nan King

Chad Davidson, Two Poems

John de Stefano, Comparative Religion

A. B. Epstein, Two Poems

Carol Vanderveer Hamilton, Two Poems

Paul J. Heiner, Two Poems

Scott Hightower, Two Poems

Norma Jenckes, Hume's Last Laugh

Nicholas Kilmer, Morning of Crows

Mary-Jean Kledzik, Two Poems

Ben Lerner, from The Lichtenberg Figures  Full Text

Daniel Lewis, Two Poems

Lynn McMahon, Pink Rock

Wayne Miller, Two Poems

Gretchen Primack, Two Poems

Michele Reese, Two Poems

Amber Rife, Tamora's Last Speech to Titus

Jamie Ross, Two Poems

William Rushton, Twin Hills Amour

Natasha Sajè, Marcel at the Station House

Lisa Sewell, Two Poems

Richard Shelton, The Golden Jubilee

Paul Stephens, Two Poems

Ann Townsend, Childless

Bob Watts, Two Poems

Feature

William Jovanovich, Madame, I'm Quite Drunk

Silvana Paternostro, Solitude & Company: An Oral Biography of Gabriel Garcia Marquez

Art

Dawn Clements, Kitchen and Bathroom