{"id":133511,"date":"2019-02-12T13:00:59","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T18:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=133511"},"modified":"2019-02-11T12:05:37","modified_gmt":"2019-02-11T17:05:37","slug":"redux-nouns-like-desire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2019\/02\/12\/redux-nouns-like-desire\/","title":{"rendered":"Redux: Nouns Like <em>Desire<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><i>Every week, the editors of\u00a0<\/i>The Paris Review<i>\u00a0lift the paywall on a selection of interviews, stories, poems, and more from the magazine\u2019s archive. You can have these unlocked pieces delivered straight to your inbox every Sunday by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/dkY3AH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Every week, the editors of The Paris Review lift the paywall on a selection of interviews, stories, poems, and more from the magazine\u2019s archive. You can have these unlocked pieces delivered straight to your inbox every Sunday by signing up for the Redux newsletter. (opens in a new tab)\">signing up for the Redux newsletter<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_133512\" style=\"width: 954px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/4444\/simone-de-beauvoir-the-art-of-fiction-no-35-simone-de-beauvoir\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-133512\" class=\"wp-image-133512 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/simone-d-b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"944\" height=\"631\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/simone-d-b.png 944w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/simone-d-b-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/simone-d-b-768x513.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-133512\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Simone de Beauvoir.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week, in honor of Valentine\u2019s Day, we bring you Simone de Beauvoir\u2019s 1965 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/4444\/simone-de-beauvoir-the-art-of-fiction-no-35-simone-de-beauvoir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Art of Fiction interview<\/a>; Clarice Lispector\u2019s short story about stealing roses, \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/fiction\/6113\/one-hundred-years-of-forgiveness-clarice-lispector\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One Hundred Years of Forgiveness<\/a>\u201d; and Carl Phillips\u2019s poem \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/7167\/youth-with-satyr-both-resting-carl-phillips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Youth with Satyr, Both Resting<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy these free interviews, stories, and poems, why not\u00a0<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&amp;utm_source=ReduxBlogpost&amp;utm_medium=ReduxBlogpost&amp;utm_campaign=ReduxBlogpost&amp;utm_term=ReduxBlogpost&amp;utm_content=ReduxBlogpost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"If you enjoy these free interviews, stories, and poems, why not subscribe to read the entire archive? You\u2019ll also get four new issues of the quarterly delivered straight to your door. (opens in a new tab)\">subscribe to read the entire archive<\/a>? You\u2019ll also get four new issues of the quarterly delivered straight to your door.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/4444\/simone-de-beauvoir-the-art-of-fiction-no-35-simone-de-beauvoir\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Simone de Beauvoir, The Art of Fiction No. 35<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 34 (Spring\u2013Summer 1965)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">INTERVIEWER<\/p>\n<p>None of your female characters are immune from love. You like the romantic element.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">DE BEAUVOIR<\/p>\n<p>Love is a great privilege. Real love, which is very rare, enriches the lives of the men and women who experience it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/fiction\/6113\/one-hundred-years-of-forgiveness-clarice-lispector\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-133516 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/clarice.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/clarice.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/clarice-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/clarice-768x512.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\/6113\/one-hundred-years-of-forgiveness-clarice-lispector\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">One Hundred Years of Forgiveness<\/a><br \/>\nBy Clarice Lispector<br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 199 (Winter 2011)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Someone who has never stolen is not going to understand me. And someone who has never stolen roses will never be able to understand me. When I was little, I stole roses.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/7167\/youth-with-satyr-both-resting-carl-phillips\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-133517 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/carl-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/carl-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/carl-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/carl-1-768x512.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\/7167\/youth-with-satyr-both-resting-carl-phillips\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Youth with Satyr, Both Resting<\/a><br \/>\nBy Carl Phillips<br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 135 (Summer 1995)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>There are certain words\u2014<em>ecstasy<\/em>, <em>abandon<\/em>,<br \/>\n<em>surrender<\/em>\u2014we can wait all our lives,<br \/>\nsometimes,<\/p>\n<p>not so much to use,<br \/>\nas to use correctly;<br \/>\nthen the moment at last comes,<\/p>\n<p>the right scene but more impossibly<br \/>\ndifferent than any we\u2019d earlier imagined,<br \/>\nand we stumble, catching<\/p>\n<p>instead at nouns like <em>desire<\/em>, that<br \/>\ncould as easily be verbs,<br \/>\nunstable adjectives like <em>rapt<\/em> or <em>unseemly<\/em> \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=ENAPRFX&amp;type=S&amp;gift_key=TESTFXG&amp;utm_source=ReduxBlogpost&amp;utm_medium=ReduxBlogpost&amp;utm_campaign=ReduxBlogpost&amp;utm_term=ReduxBlogpost&amp;utm_content=ReduxBlogpost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">get a 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