{"id":151790,"date":"2021-04-06T16:32:21","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T20:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=151790"},"modified":"2021-04-06T16:46:11","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T20:46:11","slug":"redux-a-man-says-yes-without-knowing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2021\/04\/06\/redux-a-man-says-yes-without-knowing\/","title":{"rendered":"Redux: A Man Says Yes without Knowing"},"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 pieces delivered straight to your inbox every Sunday by\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/eepurl.com\/dkY3AH\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">signing up for the Redux newsletter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_151791\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/3229\/the-art-of-poetry-no-27-elizabeth-bishop\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151791\" class=\"wp-image-151791 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bishop.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bishop.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bishop-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bishop-768x511.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-151791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Elizabeth Bishop. Photo: Alice Helen Methfessel. Courtesy of Frank Bidart.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week at <em>The Paris Review<\/em>, we\u2019re celebrating the release of <a href=\"https:\/\/store.theparisreview.org\/products\/poets-at-work-interviews-from-the-paris-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Poets at Work<\/em><\/a>, our latest anthology of interviews. Read on for work by three of the writers included in the book: Elizabeth Bishop\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/3229\/the-art-of-poetry-no-27-elizabeth-bishop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Art of Poetry interview<\/a>, Ishmael Reed\u2019s poem \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/6810\/the-diabetic-dreams-of-cake-ishmael-reed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Diabetic Dreams of Cake<\/a>,\u201d and Pablo Neruda\u2019s poem \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/7135\/emerging-pablo-neruda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emerging<\/a>.\u201d You can also read <em>Paris Review<\/em> poetry editor Vijay Seshadri\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2021\/04\/02\/a-continuous-musical-delight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">introduction<\/a> to the book on the <em>Daily<\/em>.<\/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&amp;utm_source=ReduxBlogpost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">subscribe<\/a> to <em>The Paris Review<\/em>? You\u2019ll also get four new issues of the quarterly delivered straight to your door. Or, <a href=\"https:\/\/ssl.drgnetwork.com\/flex\/TPR\/MAIN\/?utm_source=ReduxBlogpost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">subscribe to our new bundle<\/a> and receive <em>Poets at Work<\/em> for 25% off.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/3229\/the-art-of-poetry-no-27-elizabeth-bishop\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Elizabeth Bishop, The Art of Poetry No. 27<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 80 (Summer 1981)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I can write prose on a typewriter. Not poetry. Nobody can read my writing so I write letters on it. And I\u2019ve finally trained myself so I can write prose on it and then correct a great deal. But for poetry I use a pen. About halfway through sometimes I\u2019ll type out a few lines to see how they look.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_151795\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/6810\/the-diabetic-dreams-of-cake-ishmael-reed\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151795\" class=\"wp-image-151795 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/reed.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/reed.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/reed-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/reed-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-151795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Floor of the New York Stock Exchange, 1963. Photo: Thomas J. O\u2019Halloran. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/6810\/the-diabetic-dreams-of-cake-ishmael-reed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Diabetic Dreams of Cake<\/a><br \/>\nBy Ishmael Reed<br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 218 (Fall 2016)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cWall Street says that cake sales are low\u201d<br \/>\nOr to put it bluntly<br \/>\n\u201cCake is fizz\u201d<br \/>\nSo why is a diabetic dreaming of cake<br \/>\nAsked to leave a temple<br \/>\nBecause he didn\u2019t know that rice cakes<br \/>\nWere sacrament?<br \/>\n(He managed to jam some into his pockets)<br \/>\nHe dreamed that Mount Diablo was a Devil\u2019s food cake<br \/>\nHe began to munch it down until his path was<br \/>\nInterrupted by his Pancreas<br \/>\nThe Pancreas had sticklike arms and legs<br \/>\nIt was frowning<br \/>\nIt put up a hand and beckoned him to halt<br \/>\nHe pushed aside the Pancreas and finished his<br \/>\nMeal \u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_151796\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/7135\/emerging-pablo-neruda\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-151796\" class=\"size-full wp-image-151796\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/neruda.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/neruda.jpeg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/neruda-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/neruda-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-151796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo: Dinesh Valke. CC BY-SA 2.0 (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0), via Wikimedia Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/7135\/emerging-pablo-neruda\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Emerging<\/a><br \/>\nBy Pablo Neruda, translated by Alastair Reid<br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 57 (Spring 1974)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A man says yes without knowing<br \/>\nhow to decide even what the question is,<br \/>\nand is caught up, and then is carried along<br \/>\nand never again escapes from his own cocoon;<br \/>\nand that\u2019s how we are, forever falling<br \/>\ninto the deep well of other beings;<br \/>\nand one thread wraps itself around our necks,<br \/>\nanother entwines a foot, and then it is impossible,<br \/>\nimpossible to move except in the well \u2014<br \/>\nnobody can rescue us from other people \u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoyed the above, don\u2019t forget to <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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">subscribe<\/a>! In addition to four print issues per year, you\u2019ll also receive complete digital access to our sixty-eight years\u2019 worth of archives. 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