{"id":118051,"date":"2017-11-14T13:00:45","date_gmt":"2017-11-14T18:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=118051"},"modified":"2017-11-14T13:15:02","modified_gmt":"2017-11-14T18:15:02","slug":"redux-maya-angelou-denis-johnson-james-schuyler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2017\/11\/14\/redux-maya-angelou-denis-johnson-james-schuyler\/","title":{"rendered":"Redux: Maya Angelou, Denis Johnson, and James Schuyler"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div class=\"block-grid \">\n<div class=\"col num12\">\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p><em>Every week, the editors of\u00a0<\/em>The Paris Review<em>\u00a0lift the paywall on a selection of interviews, stories, poems, and more from the magazine\u2019s archive. You can have these unlocked\u00a0pieces delivered straight to your inbox every\u00a0Sunday by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfnx3y2sMXUtu-ZwAQeTN1iAYh_S21I2df71FY0mU5GxosjAw\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\">signing up for the Redux newsletter<\/a>. \u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/maya-angelou-3-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-118052\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/maya-angelou-3-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"931\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/maya-angelou-3-copy.jpg 931w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/maya-angelou-3-copy-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/maya-angelou-3-copy-768x464.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week, we bring you our 1990 interview with\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/2279\/maya-angelou-the-art-of-fiction-no-119-maya-angelou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Maya Angelou<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/fiction\/2444\/car-crash-while-hitchhiking-denis-johnson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Denis Johnson<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s story \u201cCar-Crash While Hitchhiking,\u201d and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/7074\/in-earliest-morning-james-schuyler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">James Schuyler<\/a><\/strong>\u2019s poem \u201cIn earliest morning.\u201d What do these have in\u00a0common? They\u2019re all in the first episode of our <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/podcast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new podcast<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>Tune in for free\u2014and while you\u2019re at it,\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ssl.drgnetwork.com\/ecom\/TPR\/app\/live\/subscriptions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">subscribe<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to\u00a0<em>The Paris Review<\/em>\u00a0for instant access to everything we\u2019ve published since 1953.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"block-grid \">\n<div class=\"col num12\">\n<div align=\"left\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/2279\/maya-angelou-the-art-of-fiction-no-119-maya-angelou\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Maya Angelou, The Art of Fiction No. 119<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><em>Issue no. 116 (Fall 1990)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There is, I hope, a thesis in my work: we may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. That sounds goody-two-shoes, I know, but I believe that a diamond is the result of extreme pressure and time. Less time is crystal. Less than that is coal. Less than that is fossilized leaves. Less than that it\u2019s just plain dirt. In all my work, in the movies I write, the lyrics, the poetry, the prose, the essays, I am saying that we may encounter many defeats\u2014maybe it\u2019s imperative that we encounter the defeats\u2014but we are much stronger than we appear to be and maybe much better than we allow ourselves to be.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/fiction\/2444\/car-crash-while-hitchhiking-denis-johnson?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Car-Crash While Hitchhiking, by\u00a0Denis Johnson<br \/>\n<\/a><\/strong><\/span><em>Issue no. 110 (Spring 1989)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>A salesman who shared his liquor and steered while sleeping \u2026 A Cherokee filled with bourbon \u2026 A VW no more than a bubble of hashish fumes, captained by a college student \u2026<\/p>\n<p>And a family from Marshalltown who head\u2013onned and killed forever a man driving west out of Bethany, Missouri \u2026<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/7074\/in-earliest-morning-james-schuyler\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>In earliest morning, by\u00a0James Schuyler<\/strong><\/a><\/span><em><br \/>\nIssue no. 53 (Winter 1972)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>an orange devours<br \/>\nthe crusts of clouds and you,<br \/>\ngetting up, put on<br \/>\nyour daily life<br \/>\ngrown somewhat shabby, worn<br \/>\nbut comfortable, like old jeans: at the least,<br \/>\nfamiliar. Water<br \/>\nboils, coffee<br \/>\nscents the air<br \/>\nand level light plunges<br \/>\namong the layering boughs of a balsam fir<br \/>\nand enflames its trunk.<br \/>\nOther trees are scratched<br \/>\nlightly on the west.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><em>If you like what you read,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ssl.drgnetwork.com\/ecom\/TPR\/app\/live\/subscriptions?org=TPR&amp;publ=PR&amp;key_code=EDTNS17&amp;type=S&amp;gift_key=TESTFXG\" target=\"_blank\">get a year of\u00a0<\/a><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ssl.drgnetwork.com\/ecom\/TPR\/app\/live\/subscriptions?org=TPR&amp;publ=PR&amp;key_code=EDTNS17&amp;type=S&amp;gift_key=TESTFXG\" target=\"_blank\">The Paris Review<\/a><em>\u2014four new issues, plus instant access to everything we\u2019ve ever published.\u00a0<\/em><em>Order now and you\u2019ll get a copy of our new\u00a0anthology,\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2017\/10\/10\/women-at-work\/\" target=\"_blank\">Women at Work<\/a>,\u00a0<em>for only $10 more.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every week, the editors of\u00a0The Paris Review\u00a0lift the paywall on a selection of interviews, stories, poems, and more from the magazine\u2019s archive. 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