{"id":125655,"date":"2018-05-22T13:00:33","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T17:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=125655"},"modified":"2018-05-22T13:12:11","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T17:12:11","slug":"redux-tom-wolfe-barbara-grossman-and-gwyneth-lewis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2018\/05\/22\/redux-tom-wolfe-barbara-grossman-and-gwyneth-lewis\/","title":{"rendered":"Redux: Tom Wolfe, Barbara Grossman, and Gwyneth Lewis"},"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\" rel=\"noopener\">signing up for the Redux newsletter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_125656\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/unnamed-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-125656\" class=\"size-full wp-image-125656\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/unnamed-4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/unnamed-4.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/unnamed-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/unnamed-4-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-125656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom Wolfe, New York City, November 2011<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tom Wolfe died last week, at eighty-eight. So today, we bring you his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/2226\/tom-wolfe-the-art-of-fiction-no-123-tom-wolfe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D599060cd95%26e%3D22801f508d&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1526999083715000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFcSCmS96qL5ql60q956INPtWdmXQ\">Art of Fiction interview<\/a>. We also bring you\u00a0Barbara Grossman\u2019s tale about a young man and his house plants, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/fiction\/3447\/my-vegetable-love-barbara-grossman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D59a368c558%26e%3D22801f508d&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1526999083715000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFYjvw6YIGOeJbo13dxjcmy3MkX9A\">My Vegetable Love<\/a>,\u201d and Gwyneth Lewis\u2019s poem about Florida titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/1647\/pentecost-gwyneth-lewis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D93422a5df1%26e%3D22801f508d&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1526999083715000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGKVitovjfkfOvdVuJzDtYEwjg34Q\">Pentecost<\/a>.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/2226\/tom-wolfe-the-art-of-fiction-no-123-tom-wolfe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D784db6c225%26e%3D22801f508d&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1526999083715000&amp;usg=AFQjCNG4U9tiFVIYw39AJ8Mzim1eZArmpQ\">Tom Wolfe, The Art of Fiction No. 123<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 118 (Spring 1991)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I always have a clock in front of me. Sometimes, if things are going badly, I will force myself to write a page in a half an hour. I find that can be done. I find that what I write when I force myself is generally just as good as what I write when I\u2019m feeling inspired. It\u2019s mainly a matter of forcing yourself to write. There\u2019s a marvelous essay that Sinclair Lewis wrote on how to write. He said most writers don\u2019t understand that the process begins by actually sitting down.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/unnamed-1-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-125657 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/unnamed-1-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/unnamed-1-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/unnamed-1-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/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:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/fiction\/3447\/my-vegetable-love-barbara-grossman\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3Dd89e7bb401%26e%3D22801f508d&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1526999083715000&amp;usg=AFQjCNE_1VWbVoc4FWg5Fxuo3vPuDSnSFg\">My Vegetable Love<\/a><br \/>\nBy Barbara Grossman<br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 74 (Fall\u2013Winter 1978)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>My brother is a horticulturist. From where nobody knows. We are a family of merchants, shopkeepers, purveyors of service; none of us is concerned with growth. But my brother keeps two hundred healthy plants on our porch, and they respond to his tending as if he\u2019d come from farmers. On that porch, in heavy clay pots stacked so close as to become walls, hanging in curtains from glinting hooks screwed into the ceiling, on shelves and windowsills and perched upon the edges of upturned orange crates, grow plants with names enough to provide an entire generation identity.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/unnamed-2-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-125658 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/unnamed-2-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/unnamed-2-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/unnamed-2-2-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/unnamed-2-2-768x490.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<header><\/header>\n<header><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/1647\/pentecost-gwyneth-lewis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=en&amp;q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3Df5949a048b%26e%3D22801f508d&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1526999083716000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGG2isP8rSpLYfcsBIJp7VmU_xmBQ\">Pentecost<\/a><\/header>\n<header>By Gwyneth Lewis<br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 135 (Summer 1995)<\/em><\/header>\n<blockquote><p>The Lord wants me to go to Florida.<br \/>\nI shall cross the border with the mercury thieves,<br \/>\nas foretold in the faxes and prophecies,<br \/>\nand the checkpoint angel of Estonia<br \/>\nwill have alerted the uniformed birds<br \/>\nto act unnatural and distract the guards<\/p>\n<p>so I pass unhindered. My glossolalia<br \/>\nshall be my passport\u2014I shall taste the tang<br \/>\nof travel on the atlas of my tongue\u2014<br \/>\nsalt Poland, sour Denmark and sweet Vienna<br \/>\nand all men in the Spirit shall understand<br \/>\nthat, in His wisdom, the Lord has sent \u2026<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><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\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">become a subscriber<\/span><\/a>? You\u2019ll get instant access\u00a0to our entire sixty-five-year archive, not to mention four issues of new interviews, poetry, and fiction.<\/em><\/p>\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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