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The Paris Review Spring Revel 2015

Norman Rush receives the Hadada Award.

Our Spring Revel was last Tuesday, and it was, as Gay Talese put it simply, “a real party,” a party for the ages. About five hundred of us gathered at Cipriani 42nd Street to honor Norman Rush with the Hadada Award, presented by James Wood, who recited one of my favorite jokes from Subtle Bodies: “Pinot noir meant don’t urinate at night.”

Hilary Mantel took the stage to award Atticus Lish the Plimpton Prize for Fiction; “I am extremely fortunate to receive this award,” Lish said, “as is anyone who receives recognition in any field. Few people get much of a gold star no matter what they do in life.”

Mark Leyner received the Terry Southern Prize for Humor—which he has publicly promised to hang above his bed, like a mobile—from Donald Antrim. Never in recorded history have the words Sugar-frosted nutsack been uttered before so large and so gracious a crowd. Last, The Paris Review bade a fond farewell to our longtime publisher, Antonio Weiss, who has absconded to Washington to serve as the counselor to the Secretary of the U.S. Treasury. Our loss is the nation’s gain.

It was a spectacular evening, as the photos below attest. You can read accounts of the fun from Womens Wear Daily, New York Social Diary, and Page Six—and you can see even more photos of the revelry here. Happy spring, and see you next year!

Photos by Clint Spaulding / © Patrick McMullan / PatrickMcMullan.com

The Paris Review Spring Revel 2015

Elsa and Norman Rush.

The Paris Review Spring Revel 2015

The Paris Review Spring Revel 2015

The Paris Review Spring Revel 2015

Lorin Stein.

The Paris Review Spring Revel 2015

Rosalie Lowe and Gay Talese.

The Paris Review Spring Revel 2015

Mark Leyner.

The Paris Review Spring Revel 2015

Donald Antrim.

The Paris Review Spring Revel 2015

Atticus Lish and Hillary Mantel.

The Paris Review Spring Revel 2015

Joseph O’Neill, Rivka Galchen, James Wood, and Cressida Leyshon.

The Paris Review Spring Revel 2015

Dorothea Lasky and Amber Tamblyn.

The Paris Review Spring Revel 2015

Lynn Nesbit and John Guare.

The Paris Review Spring Revel 2015

Leanne Shapton and Ceridwen Morris.

The Paris Review Spring Revel 2015

Paul Mills and Suzanne Vega.

The Paris Review Spring Revel 2015

Jacob Weinberg, Deborah Needleman, Philip Gourevitch, Larissa MacFarquhar, and Katie Roiphe.

The Paris Review Spring Revel 2015

Justin Torres and Angela Flournoy.

The Paris Review Spring Revel 2015

Mona Simpson.

The Paris Review Spring Revel 2015

Radhika Jones, Georgia Cool, and Sadie Stein

The Paris Review Spring Revel 2015

Mark Leyner and Donald Antrim.

The Paris Review Spring Revel 2015

Norman Rush.

The Paris Review Spring Revel 2015

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