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“A fatal question—what are people reading these days? Never mind what people are reading these days. What should I be writing about is the fundamental question.”
The Paris Review promotes the most exciting writers of the day and supports inquisitive readers the world over.
“Reading aloud is a magical exposure to words that speak to the enduring mystery of life, breath, language, sleep, and time.”
“By the time we finally reached the Castro, I genuinely believed Anne had gotten rich off being gay alone.”
New plays shown in New York's theater festivals early last month.
“It is very cold outside, though less so inside the car, it seems, with the kufiyya lying across the dashboard, forming a coiled snake ready to strike.”
“Palm trees, felines, and extinct reptiles made of seashells, pine cones, toothpicks, wire, and wood.”
“My family stands / at its end, stops / storm-thrashed / on a forest’s fringe”