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In March,<\/em>\u00a0The Paris Review\u00a0launched<\/em>\u00a0The Art of Distance, a newsletter highlighting unlocked archive pieces that resonate with the staff of<\/em>\u00a0the magazine<\/em>, quarantine-appropriate writing on the<\/em>\u00a0Daily, resources from our peer organizations,<\/em>\u00a0and more. Read Emily Nemens\u2019s introductory letter\u00a0here<\/a>, and find the latest unlocked archive pieces below.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIt was early in the pandemic and our Art of Distance newsletters that I mentioned my daily ambulations through Alphabet City with my pooch, Willow. Then, daffodils were blooming along the East River, seemingly oblivious of the sirens racing up FDR Drive. These days, in that same stretch of park, we\u2019re waiting for the trees that were uprooted in Isaias to be cleared, but we\u2019ve also found a rogue clutch of sunflowers. The city is quieter, by dint of lower viral rates and a certain amount of road-tripping neighbors, and there are picnic blankets dotting the lawns of the park. I used to complain about August here: it was sweaty and stinky and felt like the city went on hold. Everyone who could quit New York did, leaving the rest of us to brave that particular funk of the subway platform when the tunnel temperature crept above 90. But this year, as we brace for the fall\u2019s uncertainty, viral and political, the dog days of summer are particularly welcome. Willow and I are walking slower, longer, and trying to hold on to this pause, this small peace.\u201d \u2014Emily Nemens, Editor<\/em><\/p>\n

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There have been few bright spots through the ordeal of COVID<\/small>-19, but for the staff of The Paris Review<\/em>, one of them has been welcoming some new wolves into the pack: two colleagues have acquired pandemic puppies (Cashew and Penny). In celebration of our canine companions, here are some selections from the archive:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe dog was not demanding, it was modest in its requirements, although it drank a lot of water; it liked its water. It could square itself off like a package in a chair, it could actually resemble a package.\u201d In Joy Williams\u2019s \u201cSubstance<\/a>,\u201d Louise is delivered an unexpected furry gift. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe dog\u2019s name was Macho.\u201d Margaret Ross explains in this poem<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Eileen Myles and Ben Lerner discuss Rosie the pit bull and the writing of Afterglow (a dog memoir)<\/em> in Myles\u2019s Art of Poetry interview<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In \u201cUnbridled<\/a>,\u201d Carl Phillips describes an encounter while walking a dog.<\/p>\n

Jim Harrison\u2019s Art of Fiction interview<\/a> opens with this declaration: \u201cMy favorite moment in life is when I give my dog a fresh bone,\u201d a feeling he says he developed as \u201cthe blinded seven-year-old hiding out in the shrubbery with his dog, whom he recognized as his true friend.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cFrom where Nakata sat, the beast looked more like a calf than a dog.\u201d Read on to see how this meeting unfolds in Haruki Murakami\u2019s \u201cHeigh-Ho<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

The dog \u201cbarks in meter.\u201d Impressive, right? Erica Jong describes a poetic pet in her poem \u201cJubilate Canis<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Sign up\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0to receive a fresh installment of The Art of Distance in your inbox every Monday<\/em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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