{"id":152605,"date":"2021-05-18T13:00:54","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T17:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=152605"},"modified":"2021-05-18T14:16:56","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T18:16:56","slug":"redux-the-vagaries-of-taste-might-swerve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2021\/05\/18\/redux-the-vagaries-of-taste-might-swerve\/","title":{"rendered":"Redux: The Vagaries of Taste Might Swerve"},"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_152606\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/6806\/the-art-of-poetry-no-100-ishmael-reed?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152606\" class=\"wp-image-152606 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/reed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/reed.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/reed-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/reed-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-152606\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ishamel Reed.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week at <em>The Paris Review<\/em>, we\u2019re in the library stacks. Read on for Ishmael Reed\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/6806\/the-art-of-poetry-no-100-ishmael-reed?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Art of Poetry interview<\/a>, Ludmilla Petrushevskaya\u2019s short story \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/fiction\/7286\/two-sisters-ludmilla-petrushevskaya?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Two Sisters<\/a>,\u201d and Tom Disch\u2019s poem \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/545\/the-library-of-america-tom-disch?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Library of America<\/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\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">subscribe<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<em>The Paris Review<\/em>? You\u2019ll also get four new issues of the quarterly delivered straight to your door. Or,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ssl.drgnetwork.com\/flex\/TPR\/MAIN\/?utm_source=ReduxBlogpost\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">subscribe to our new bundle<\/a>\u00a0and receive\u00a0<em>Poets at Work<\/em>\u00a0for 25% off.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/6806\/the-art-of-poetry-no-100-ishmael-reed?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ishmael Reed, The Art of Poetry No. 100<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 218 (Fall 2016)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When I came back to Buffalo, I dropped out of school. I was seventeen. My plan was to stay home and read plays but my mother said, You\u2019ve got to get a job, so I worked at a library and that\u2019s where I first read James Baldwin. I think it was <em>Notes of a Native Son<\/em>. It stopped me cold. I had never seen a black guy that could do this. When I was a child, I thought literature was written by lords and knights and stuff. You know, these people living in these great estates wearing beautiful clothes. Baldwin showed me something different. Then I discovered Dante, man. That really turned me on. My parents thought I had lost my mind.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_152618\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/fiction\/7286\/two-sisters-ludmilla-petrushevskaya?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152618\" class=\"wp-image-152618 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stacks-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"666\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stacks-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stacks-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stacks-1-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-152618\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Furniture for libraries from the Cornell University Library, via Wikimedia Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/fiction\/7286\/two-sisters-ludmilla-petrushevskaya?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Two Sisters<\/a><br \/>\nBy Ludmilla Petrushevskaya, translated by Anna Friedrich<br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 227 (Winter 2018)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The girls could barely wait to go outside. They had a slice of bread, drank a cup of hot water with last year\u2019s mint, and quickly left the building, missing the teenagers. Now there was the problem of transportation. In their prev\u00adious life, bus drivers didn\u2019t ask the old biddies for tickets, and the ticket collectors avoided them like radiation. The sisters decided to walk to the library, to exchange books. It was still very early and they sat in the park among pigeons and park workers, waiting for the library to open. Then it occurred to Rita that they were supposed to be in school! The librarian would probably wonder why the girls were roaming the streets instead of being in a classroom.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_152619\" style=\"width: 1010px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/545\/the-library-of-america-tom-disch?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-152619\" class=\"wp-image-152619 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stacks2-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stacks2-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stacks2-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/stacks2-1-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-152619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Furniture for libraries from the Cornell University Library, via Wikimedia Commons.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/545\/the-library-of-america-tom-disch?\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Library of America<\/a><br \/>\nBy Tom Disch<br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 158 (Spring-Summer 2001)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It\u2019s like heaven: you\u2019ve got to die<br \/>\nTo get there. And you can\u2019t be sure.<br \/>\nThe publisher might go out of business.<br \/>\nOr you yourself might not be good enough.<br \/>\nThe vagaries of taste might swerve.<br \/>\nSuddenly, leaving you disaudienced.<\/p>\n<p>Marquand. Aiken. cummings. Mailer.<br \/>\nWhat are their chances now, which once<br \/>\nLoomed so large? <em>Ubi sunt<\/em>, as they say<br \/>\nIn France, while their language<br \/>\nExpires. It\u2019s sad, this transience<br \/>\nWe share, but look on the bright side \u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoyed the above, don\u2019t forget to\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\" 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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