February 15, 2012 Bulletin Win Two Free Tickets to ‘Seminar’ By Sadie Stein In Theresa Rebeck’s highly acclaimed Seminar, now playing at the Golden Theatre in New York, four aspiring young novelists sign up for private writing classes with Leonard (Alan Rickman), an international literary figure. Under his recklessly brilliant and unorthodox instruction, some thrive and others flounder, alliances are made and broken, sex is used as a weapon and hearts come unmoored. The wordplay is not the only thing that turns vicious as innocence collides with experience … Of course, here at 62 White Street, this sort of thing is just another day at the office! But for anyone eager to experience the underbelly of the literary world—not to mention a night of great theater—here’s your chance. We’re giving away eight pairs of tickets to Seminar, valid through March 18. Subscribe or renew between now and Tuesday, February 21, to be eligible. We’ll randomly draw winners next week—but really, with a full year of poetry, fiction, and interviews in the offing, everyone wins! *The Paris Review is not responsible for transportation or lodging.
February 6, 2012 Bulletin Only One Day to Go! By The Paris Review Remember: through Tuesday, when you subscribe to The Paris Review, you’ll receive all four installments of Roberto Bolaño’s The Third Reich! That’s right, seven issues of poetry, fiction, and interviews, for just $50. Act fast—time is running out!
January 31, 2012 Bulletin Last-Chance Bolaño By The Paris Review “Compassionate, disturbing, and deeply felt … tragic and beautiful.” —NPR “A scathing novel with a lot of exuberance to it, not unlike the man who wrote it.” —The Economist “Thoroughly, weirdly absorbing.” —The New York Times That’s what the critics are saying about Roberto Bolaño’s lost novel, The Third Reich, which we serialized with original illustrations by Leanne Shapton. Over the course of four issues, we followed the adventures of Udo Berger, a young German who falls into louche company in an insalubrious resort on the Costa Brava—but of course, as a reader of The Paris Review, you know all about it. But maybe you missed an installment. Maybe you left it on the beach. Maybe your sinister uncle stole a copy from your apartment. Maybe you never subscribed at all. Well, kids, you’re in luck. Subscribe now* to The Paris Review, and receive all four installments—the entire Third Reich—plus three more issues to come. All for only $50. That’s right: you’ll receive seven issues, 196 through 202, and catch up on our most popular installments to date. Plus: interviews with Janet Malcolm, William Gibson, Nicholson Baker, and Jeffrey Eugenides; new work by Geoff Dyer, Jonathan Lethem, Frederick Seidel, and John Jeremiah Sullivan; and much more. But don’t delay! This offer only lasts through February 7. *Offer good for U.S. subscriptions only.
January 5, 2012 Bulletin Launch ‘The Fallback Plan’ with Sadie Stein By The Paris Review Join our Deputy Editor Sadie Stein tonight at Greenlight Books in Brooklyn as she discusses The Fallback Plan with the book’s author, Leigh Stein. Champagne and food will be on offer, and a good time will be had by all. When: Tonight, 7:30 P.M. Where: Greenlight Books686 Fulton Street Brooklyn, New York 11217
December 12, 2011 Bulletin The Paris Review Sport Pen! By Sadie Stein The venerable Kaweco company has been making this “sport pen” for generations. Designed for ladies, sportsmen, and officers, its compact size means it is easily carried in a pocket—a novelty at the time of its invention! Storied history aside, it’s quite simply a delight to write with, look at, and handle. I’ve been hooked since I first started using them ten years ago. It’s with great pleasure that we present this limited-edition Paris Review sport pen—a must for the sportspersons and officers in your life, but just as delightful for the rest of us. A small luxury that will bring you pleasure every time you use it, and a lovely gift either on its own or with a year of The Paris Review.
December 8, 2011 Bulletin The Moleskines Have Arrived! By Sadie Stein We’ve been waiting with bated breath for these limited-edition Paris Review Moleskine notebooks to arrive at White Street, and now they have! It’s the iconic notebook we all know and love, stamped with our original logo and featuring a quote on the frontispiece from Dorothy Parker’s 1956 interview. Can you imagine a better stocking stuffer? Neither can we. And we’d be lying if we said we hadn’t already snatched a few for our own personal use! Get ’em while they’re hot—with a year of The Paris Review, it’s a wonderful gift.