{"id":130265,"date":"2018-10-23T13:00:13","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T17:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=130265"},"modified":"2018-10-23T16:27:06","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T20:27:06","slug":"redux-the-virgin-suicides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/23\/redux-the-virgin-suicides\/","title":{"rendered":"Redux: The Virgin Suicides"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Every week, the editors of<\/em>\u00a0The 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><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/je-pointing-750.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-130267\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/je-pointing-750.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/je-pointing-750.jpg 740w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/je-pointing-750-300x196.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To celebrate the twenty-fifth anniversary of\u00a0<em>The Virgin Suicides<\/em>, Emily Nemens will be discussing the book\u2019s legacy with Jeffrey Eugenides <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in Los Angeles this Friday<\/a>.\u00a0In anticipation of the event, we bring you Jeffrey Eugenides\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/6117\/jeffrey-eugenides-the-art-of-fiction-no-215-jeffrey-eugenides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Art of Fiction interview<\/a>; the first chapter of <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/fiction\/2264\/the-virgin-suicides-jeffrey-eugenides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Virgin Suicides<\/a><\/em>, which originally appeared as a short story in the Winter 1990 issue; and\u00a0Jim Gustafson\u2019s poem \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/4025\/detroit-jim-gustafson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Detroit<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy these free interviews, stories, and poems, why not <a href=\"https:\/\/ssl.drgnetwork.com\/ecom\/TPR\/app\/live\/subscriptions?org=TPR&amp;publ=PR&amp;key_code=ENAPRFX&amp;type=S&amp;gift_key=TESTFXG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">subscribe<\/a> to read the entire archive? You\u2019ll also get four new issues of the quarterly delivered straight to your door.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/6117\/jeffrey-eugenides-the-art-of-fiction-no-215-jeffrey-eugenides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeffrey Eugenides, The Art of Fiction No. 215<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 199 (Winter 2011)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Like a lot of young writers, when I started out, I had a dim conception of my material. I wrote about people and places that were vastly separated from those I knew. Then, too, if I tried to write about my own self, the results were far from illuminating, for the simple reason that I didn\u2019t understand myself too well. As soon as I began writing <em>The Virgin Suicides<\/em>, however, I suddenly realized that I knew a lot, not about my own psychological dimensions so much but about the town where I grew up. I knew everything about the people who lived on our old street. I remembered their oddities and family histories, the rumors and gossip, and I remembered the weather, the local legends, the racial tensions, the flora and fauna. I stopped being embarrassed about being from a suburb in the Midwest. I treated it like my own Yoknapatawpha County and, for the first time, produced something that interested adult readers.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/virginsuicides_wide-9c831033b0158f724b4eea5385c0c63bfa7c078b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-130270 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/virginsuicides_wide-9c831033b0158f724b4eea5385c0c63bfa7c078b.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/virginsuicides_wide-9c831033b0158f724b4eea5385c0c63bfa7c078b.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/virginsuicides_wide-9c831033b0158f724b4eea5385c0c63bfa7c078b-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/virginsuicides_wide-9c831033b0158f724b4eea5385c0c63bfa7c078b-768x432.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\/2264\/the-virgin-suicides-jeffrey-eugenides\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Virgin Suicides<\/a><br \/>\nBy Jeffrey Eugenides<br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 117 (Winter 1990)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>On the morning the last Lisbon daughter took her turn at suicide\u2014it was Mary this time, and sleeping pills, like Therese\u2014the two paramedics arrived at the house knowing exactly where the knife drawer was, and the gas oven, and the beam in the basement from which it was possible to tie a rope. They got out of the EMS truck, as usual moving much too slowly in our opinion, and the fat one said under his breath, \u201cThis ain\u2019t TV, folks, this is how fast we go.\u201d He was carrying the heavy respirator and cardiac unit past the bushes that had grown monstrous and over the erupting lawn, tame and immaculate eleven months earlier when the trouble began.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/farmer1884_detroit_p865_detroit_stove_companys_works._south_side_of_jefferson_avenue_in_hamtrack._built_in_1870-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-130271\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/farmer1884_detroit_p865_detroit_stove_companys_works._south_side_of_jefferson_avenue_in_hamtrack._built_in_1870-copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/farmer1884_detroit_p865_detroit_stove_companys_works._south_side_of_jefferson_avenue_in_hamtrack._built_in_1870-copy.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/farmer1884_detroit_p865_detroit_stove_companys_works._south_side_of_jefferson_avenue_in_hamtrack._built_in_1870-copy-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/farmer1884_detroit_p865_detroit_stove_companys_works._south_side_of_jefferson_avenue_in_hamtrack._built_in_1870-copy-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\/poetry\/4025\/detroit-jim-gustafson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Detroit<\/a><br \/>\nBy Jim Gustafson<br \/>\nIssue no. 55 (Fall 1972)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The cops don\u2019t carry magnums of champagne<br \/>\nin the backseats of their cruisers.<br \/>\nIn my town, seven year old kids know how to steal motorcycles,<br \/>\nand where they can get new serial numbers.<br \/>\nWatch out, keep down.<br \/>\nMy father was the star of the Demolition Derby,<br \/>\nmy mother sang with the Les Elgart Band until her voice gave out.<br \/>\nBut this won\u2019t get me a Liberty Bond Sandwich,<br \/>\nor a banjo good enough to carry to California.<br \/>\nWhen it gets too hard, go soak your head in a bucket of gasoline.<br \/>\nThere isn\u2019t a work-clothes store in this whole city<br \/>\nthat will sell me another black t-shirt with a pocket on credit.<br \/>\nI can\u2019t take it \u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\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\" rel=\"noopener\">get a year of<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>The Paris Review<em>\u2014four new issues, plus 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