“I seldom know where I’m headed, but if the story is meant to be, you cross over to the other side—you’re inside it, and there’s an engine.”

“That mode, which involves carving out a space in which no one is watching or listening, is how I’ve always operated.”

“In lieu of walls and a door, pen and paper will suffice to allow Valeria, albeit furtively, to speak her mind.”

Jhumpa Lahiri traces the lineage of the Italian short story, a varied, fleeting, delightful form that has thrived for centuries.

In memory of James Salter, who died last week, the Daily is republishing a series of essays from 2011, when Salter received The Paris Review’s Hadada Prize. In today’s piece, Jhumpa Lahiri writes about Light Years.To learn more about Salter, read his…

Our Spring Revel is on April 12. In anticipation of the event, The Daily is featuring a series of essays celebrating James Salter, who is being honored this year with The Paris Review’s Hadada Prize. If you’re interested in purchasing tickets to …