March 6, 2018 Redux Redux: Luisa Valenzuela, Gordon Lish, Thomas Healy By The Paris Review Every week, the editors of The Paris Review lift the paywall on a selection of interviews, stories, poems, and more from the magazine’s archive. You can have these unlocked pieces delivered straight to your inbox every Sunday by signing up for the Redux newsletter. This week, to celebrate the publication of The Writer’s Chapbook, the second volume from Paris Review Editions, we bring you a sampling of writers on writing. Read More
February 27, 2018 Redux Redux: Jamaica Kincaid, James Salter, Robert Bly By The Paris Review Every week, the editors of The Paris Review lift the paywall on a selection of interviews, stories, poems, and more from the magazine’s archive. You can have these unlocked pieces delivered straight to your inbox every Sunday by signing up for the Redux newsletter. Jamaica Kincaid This week, we bring you Jamaica Kincaid’s short story “What I Have Been Doing Lately”; James Salter’s story “Bangkok”; and part 1 of Robert Bly’s “Choral Stanzas,” from the very first issue of The Paris Review. Read More
February 20, 2018 Redux Redux: Hunter S. Thompson, Amie Barrodale, Pablo Neruda By The Paris Review Every week, the editors of The Paris Review lift the paywall on a selection of interviews, stories, poems, and more from the magazine’s archive. You can have these unlocked pieces delivered straight to your inbox every Sunday by signing up for the Redux newsletter. This week, we bring you our first-ever Art of Journalism interview, with Hunter S. Thompson; Amie Barrodale’s short story “William Wei”; and Pablo Neruda’s poem “Emerging.” You can listen to Barrodale’s story and Neruda’s poem—as well as Terry McDonell’s tale about his 1984 visit, with George Plimpton, to Thompson’s home in Colorado—in “Tomorrow’s Reason,” the latest episode of The Paris Review Podcast. If you like what you hear, tell your friends! Hunter S. Thompson, The Art of Journalism No. 1 Issue no. 156 (Fall 2000) Journalism is fun because it offers immediate work. You get hired and at least you can cover the fucking City Hall. It’s exciting. It’s a guaranteed chance to write. It’s a natural place to take refuge in if you’re not selling novels. Writing novels is a lot lonelier work. “William Wei,” by Amie Barrodale Issue no. 197 (Summer 2011) I once brought a girl home because I liked her shoes. That was the only thing I noticed about her. “Emerging,” by Pablo Neruda Issue no. 57 (Spring 1974) A man says yes without knowing how to decide even what the question is … If you like what you read, why not become a subscriber? You’ll get instant access to our entire sixty-four-year archive, not to mention four issues of new interviews, poetry, and fiction.
February 13, 2018 Redux Redux: Pevear and Volokhonsky, Evan S. Connell, William Leo Coakley By The Paris Review Every week, the editors of The Paris Review lift the paywall on a selection of interviews, stories, poems, and more from the magazine’s archive. You can have these unlocked pieces delivered straight to your inbox every Sunday by signing up for the Redux newsletter. Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky. Happy Valentine’s Day! This week, we bring you our 2015 Art of Translation interview with the husband-and-wife team Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, Evan S. Connell’s famous story “The Beau Monde of Mrs. Bridge,” and William Leo Coakley’s poem “The Marriage of Dionysus and Apollo.” A subscription to The Paris Review makes a great gift for that special someone. They’ll receive full access to our sixty-four-year archive and four issues of new interviews, poetry, and fiction. Read More
February 6, 2018 Redux Redux: Frank O’Hara, Joy Williams, Roberto Bolaño By The Paris Review Every week, the editors of The Paris Review lift the paywall on a selection of interviews, stories, poems, and more from the magazine’s archive. You can have these unlocked pieces delivered straight to your inbox every Sunday by signing up for the Redux newsletter. This week, we bring you Frank O’Hara’s poem “A True Account of Talking to the Sun at Fire Island,” Joy Williams’s short story “Making Friends,” and Roberto Bolaño’s poem “When Lisa Told Me.” Read More
January 30, 2018 Redux Redux: Benjamin Nugent, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, Kristin Dombek By The Paris Review Every week, the editors of The Paris Review lift the paywall on a selection of interviews, stories, poems, and more from the magazine’s archive. You can have these unlocked pieces delivered straight to your inbox every Sunday by signing up for the Redux newsletter. This week, we bring you Benjamin Nugent’s story “God,” Rowan Ricardo Phillips’s poem “Kingdom Come,” and Kristin Dombek’s “Letter from Williamsburg.” If you like what you read, you can also listen to all three in the ninth episode of our podcast, “God, Etc.” And if you like what you hear, why not give us a boost in the charts by subscribing on iTunes. While you’re there, tell us in the comments how much you love the show. “God,” by Benjamin Nugent Issue no. 206 (Fall 2013) We called her God because she wrote a poem about how Caleb Newton ejaculated prematurely the night she slept with him, and because she shared the poem with her friends. Read More