{"id":122581,"date":"2018-03-13T13:00:18","date_gmt":"2018-03-13T17:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=122581"},"modified":"2018-03-13T10:24:59","modified_gmt":"2018-03-13T14:24:59","slug":"redux-john-edgar-wideman-gail-godwin-jascha-kessler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2018\/03\/13\/redux-john-edgar-wideman-gail-godwin-jascha-kessler\/","title":{"rendered":"Redux: John Edgar Wideman, Gail Godwin, Jascha Kessler"},"content":{"rendered":"<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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_122582\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-122582\" class=\"size-full wp-image-122582\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"668\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-3.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-3-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-122582\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Edgar Wideman<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For daylight saving time, we bring you some inspiration for rising early from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=47fd8d4b26&amp;e=6e6f8823e7\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D47fd8d4b26%26e%3D6e6f8823e7&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1520897597217000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGzbwgroZm42SzhaF0BTZANTs07PQ\">John Edgar Wideman<\/a>, a story about timelessness by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=05045bca86&amp;e=6e6f8823e7\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D05045bca86%26e%3D6e6f8823e7&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1520897597217000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHYL1PceAct3omLOx4rocF2tkAyGA\">Gail Godwin<\/a>, and, to remind you that you\u2019re not the only one, Jascha Kessler\u2019s poem \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=81ae8d7cb9&amp;e=6e6f8823e7\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D81ae8d7cb9%26e%3D6e6f8823e7&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1520897597217000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG5_OyzEPM_DbqvjWLBVIGWti875w\">On Forgetting to Set My Alarm Clock<\/a>.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=686908cf43&amp;e=6e6f8823e7\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D686908cf43%26e%3D6e6f8823e7&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1520897597217000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFA789ynxhA4zYmHiumYxeMuiiuTA\">John Edgar Wideman, The Art of Fiction No. 171<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 161\u00a0(Spring\u00a02002)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When I\u2019m doing the brute work, I do it early in the morning; that\u2019s the best time for me to get the stuff down on the page. That\u2019s been my routine for years and years \u2026 Up early before everybody else, before I get connected, before I get bugged, before I have obligations. Get the writing done first, then be the person I want to be in other ways after that.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-1-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-122583 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-1-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-1-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-1-2-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=4c19be59d2&amp;e=6e6f8823e7\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D4c19be59d2%26e%3D6e6f8823e7&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1520897597217000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHdIHzhlcg8T5R5UrA6CAquHOTtjg\">Some Side Effects of Time Travel\u00a0<\/a><br \/>\nBy Gail Godwin<br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 54 (Summer\u00a01972)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>He had a right to that poem. Gretchen had been waiting all during summer school to hear him eulogize that, his, our, her lost world. Where is the Horse?\u00a0<em>Where is the horserider? Where is the giver of rings? Alas, that space of time has gone, become dark under cover of night, as though it had never been<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-2-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-122584 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-2-2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-2-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-2-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<header><\/header>\n<header><\/header>\n<header><a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=7971c25a2b&amp;e=6e6f8823e7\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D7971c25a2b%26e%3D6e6f8823e7&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1520897597218000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG5epOLbFCAubR-0dpj7ubjayBOaw\">On Forgetting to Set My Alarm Clock<\/a><\/header>\n<header>By Jascha Kessler<br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 17 (Autumn\u2013Winter 1957)<\/em><\/header>\n<header><\/header>\n<blockquote>\n<header>Once to wake proud in a burst of sunlight<br \/>\nas bearing news of real significance,<br \/>\nto risk cold coffee for this native hour<br \/>\nunembarrassed at much cruel rapture<br \/>\nand clothed with an astonished nakedness<br \/>\nthe other animals must remember \u2026\u00a0<\/header>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<header><\/header>\n<header><\/header>\n<header><\/header>\n<header><em>If you like what you read, why not\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\"><span class=\"s2\"><b>become a subscriber<\/b><\/span><\/a>? You\u2019ll get instant access\u00a0to our entire sixty-four-year archive, not to mention four issues of new interviews, poetry, and fiction.<\/em><\/header>\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. You can have these unlocked\u00a0pieces delivered straight to your inbox every\u00a0Sunday by\u00a0signing up for the Redux newsletter. \u00a0 &nbsp; &nbsp; For daylight saving time, we bring you some inspiration for rising early from\u00a0John [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31006],"tags":[33271,17729,33272,3834,33274,33273],"class_list":["post-122581","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-redux","tag-daylight-saving","tag-gail-godwin","tag-jascha-kessler","tag-john-edgar-wideman","tag-on-forgetting-to-set-my-alarm-clock","tag-some-side-effects-of-time-travel"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v25.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Redux: John Edgar Wideman, Gail Godwin, Jascha Kessler<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This week, in honor of daylight saving time, we&#039;re giving you free access to writing on trying (and failing) to rise on time.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2018\/03\/13\/redux-john-edgar-wideman-gail-godwin-jascha-kessler\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Redux: John Edgar Wideman, Gail Godwin, Jascha Kessler by The Paris Review\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"March 13, 2018 \u2013 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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