March 15, 2011 A Letter from the Editor Sex, Hastily, Then Beignets By Lorin Stein For a long time now, we’ve been thinking that our friends over at The Awl should start a culture diary of their own—and now they have! And with no less an eminence than David Orr, poetry critic of The New York Times Book Review. Hot, hot, hot!
March 2, 2011 A Letter from the Editor Croissant Not Included By Lorin Stein Johnathan Wilhelmi of Everyman Espresso on 13th Street between Third and Fourth Avenues. Wasn’t this a nice morning surprise! Everyman Espresso, in Manhattan’s East Village, is giving away free coffee with every purchase of our winter issue. If you want your local café to stock the Review, tell them to get in touch. We’ll be happy to set them up with an account.
December 6, 2010 A Letter from the Editor Introducing the Winter Issue By Lorin Stein Jonathan Franzen has just given the deepest, most searching and revealing interview of his career. And we don’t mean on Oprah. You won’t find this interview on TV, on YouTube, or anywhere else on the Web. You can only find it in the winter issue of The Paris Review, alongside a startling portfolio, curated by David Salle, of paintings by Amy Sillman and Tom McGrath; a selection of portraits and landscapes by legendary draughtsman Saul Steinberg; and a troubling, sexually charged novella by Hungarian master Péter Nádas. Issue 195, which will hit newsstands December 15, also includes a Writers at Work interview with novelist Louise Erdrich, poems by Brian Blanchfield and Jim Moore, debut fiction by Alexandra Kleeman and Claire Vaye Watkins, and much, much more. Order your copy today—or click here for our holiday gift offer and consider Christmas solved. Happy holidays!
December 2, 2010 A Letter from the Editor East Bay, Left Bank By Lorin Stein First The Paris Magazine, now this! We like to think of The Paris Review as the little magazine that launched a thousand little magazines. And yes, in our book, imaginary magazines count extra. We wish “The Oakland Review” a long and happy life … or at least a superfun night. Just give back the bird once you’ve finished?
November 29, 2010 A Letter from the Editor All Your Christmas Problems—Solved By Lorin Stein We just came up with a brilliant idea, if we do say so ourselves. For the first time ever, you can give our winter issue—plus a year’s subscription and a sexy new Paris Review T-shirt—in time for Christmas. Just order before December 20th and we’ll take care of the rest. How are we pulling off this Amazon-like feat of speedy delivery? By filling all orders here on White Street. That’s also why each gift package comes with a note signed by yours truly. And why our office is full of tissue paper. We are our own elves. Click here to buy it now.
November 16, 2010 A Letter from the Editor Rev Lav By Lorin Stein Decorator and diarist Rita Konig was recently commissioned to design a model penthouse for Manhattan House, the white brick landmark on 66th Street. We attended the unveiling of Rita’s apartment and were delighted to discover The Paris Review occupying the best real estate in the joint. Rita calls it her “Paris Review Loo,” or “Rev Lav” for short. We are equally delighted to report that the last issue got stolen two days later, along with a stash of Jo Malone bath salts. Some broker out there has no scruples—and a taste for the finer things.