{"id":155633,"date":"2021-11-02T11:12:42","date_gmt":"2021-11-02T15:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=155633"},"modified":"2021-11-02T14:42:39","modified_gmt":"2021-11-02T18:42:39","slug":"redux-weird-ghost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2021\/11\/02\/redux-weird-ghost\/","title":{"rendered":"Redux: Weird Ghost"},"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_155638\" style=\"width: 916px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/3154\/the-art-of-poetry-no-31-james-merrill?utm_source=The+Paris+Review+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=43d4b0a462-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_05_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_35491ea532-43d4b0a462-56131441&amp;mc_cid=43d4b0a462&amp;mc_eid=befe0faba8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-155638\" class=\"size-full wp-image-155638\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/james-merrill.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"906\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/james-merrill.jpeg 906w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/james-merrill-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/james-merrill-768x512.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-155638\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><small>COURTESY ROLLIE MCKENNA COLLECTION.<\/small><\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week at <em>The Paris Review<\/em>, we\u2019re telling scary stories. Read on for James Merrill\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=9e61bae7e6&amp;e=befe0faba8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D9e61bae7e6%26e%3Dbefe0faba8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635950576325000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEwMT4wOJhgRSGjrpfEFWwCV9Yb8A\">Art of Poetry interview<\/a>, Joy Williams\u2019s short story \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=155075e827&amp;e=befe0faba8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D155075e827%26e%3Dbefe0faba8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635950576326000&amp;usg=AFQjCNH5Zw-0Ci_P4NAvVBajHZiZeIayPA\">Tricks<\/a>,\u201d William Faulkner\u2019s ghost story \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=db123e7d1a&amp;e=befe0faba8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3Ddb123e7d1a%26e%3Dbefe0faba8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635950576326000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEq0KQyE1Pz9birqAmRmt1I8O2flg\">The Werewolf<\/a>,\u201d and Bhanu Kapil\u2019s poem \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=d08391d9ef&amp;e=befe0faba8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3Dd08391d9ef%26e%3Dbefe0faba8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635950576326000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEcUOQ8D39p4wsVXTREKTRGI2lDwA\">Three Ghost Stories: 1944\u201348<\/a>,\u201d paired with photos from Flavia Gandolfo\u2019s portfolio \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=4e1d750093&amp;e=befe0faba8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D4e1d750093%26e%3Dbefe0faba8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635950576326000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEsB1caG-NWLK79D0SEHSMtoXTaXA\">Masks<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy these free interviews, stories, and poems, why not\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ssl.drgnetwork.com\/flex\/TPR\/MAIN\/?utm_source=link&amp;utm_medium=newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=default_sub\">subscribe<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0<em>The Paris Review<\/em>? You\u2019ll also get four new issues of the quarterly delivered straight to your door.<\/p>\n<p><em>Interview<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=8ba0ac407d&amp;e=befe0faba8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D8ba0ac407d%26e%3Dbefe0faba8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635950576326000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGSDSN7ZQumbWQOMLVfFLC3GJHW3A\">James Merrill, The Art of Poetry No. 31<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 84\u00a0(Summer 1982)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">INTERVIEWER<\/p>\n<p>The Ouija board, now. I gather you use a homemade one, but that doesn\u2019t exactly help me to imagine it or its workings. An overturned teacup is your pointer?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">MERRILL<\/p>\n<p>Yes. The commercial boards come with a funny see-through planchette on legs. I find them too cramped. Besides, it\u2019s so easy to make your own\u2014just write out the alphabet, and the numbers, and your yes and no (punctuation marks too, if you\u2019re going all out) on a big sheet of cardboard. Or use brown paper\u2014it travels better. On our Grand Tour, whenever we felt lonely in the hotel room, David and I could just unfold our instant company. He puts his right hand lightly on the cup, I put my left, leaving the right free to transcribe, and away we go. We get, oh, five hundred to six hundred words an hour. Better than gasoline.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/art-photography\/1756\/masks-flavia-gandolfo?utm_source=The+Paris+Review+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=43d4b0a462-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_05_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_35491ea532-43d4b0a462-56131441&amp;mc_cid=43d4b0a462&amp;mc_eid=befe0faba8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-155637 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/masks-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"639\" height=\"426\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/masks-1.png 639w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/masks-1-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Fiction<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=49ac947c0e&amp;e=befe0faba8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D49ac947c0e%26e%3Dbefe0faba8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635950576326000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGy6WiH88CBXQVQnhpKy5ZwsWLcFg\">Tricks<\/a><br \/>\nBy Joy Williams<br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 90 (Winter 1983)<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Liberty had never cared for Halloween. The night gave the false hope that when one was summoned to the door by a stranger\u2019s knock, one\u2019s most horrible fears could be realized by the appearance of ghosts, bats, ambulatory corpses, and the headless hounds of hell.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/art-photography\/1756\/masks-flavia-gandolfo?utm_source=The+Paris+Review+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=43d4b0a462-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_05_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_35491ea532-43d4b0a462-56131441&amp;mc_cid=43d4b0a462&amp;mc_eid=befe0faba8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-155636 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/masks-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/masks-2.png 640w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/masks-2-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Fiction<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=a9dd52ba07&amp;e=befe0faba8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3Da9dd52ba07%26e%3Dbefe0faba8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635950576326000&amp;usg=AFQjCNGYvg51Ot7de8_D-Lv4Fw6_fEFrjw\">The Werewolf<\/a><br \/>\nBy William Faulkner<br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 79 (Spring 1981)<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The young man looked around outside the deserted station, hoping to find an attendant. No one was in sight. From the high ridge on which the station was built, he looked down into the shrouded valley and wondered at its darkness\u2014why, even so late in the night, there should not be a single light gleaming through the fog from a single cottage. Suddenly at his feet a pattern of light fell. A lamp had been lit by unseen hands. Someone was inside the station.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/art-photography\/1756\/masks-flavia-gandolfo?utm_source=The+Paris+Review+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=43d4b0a462-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_05_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_35491ea532-43d4b0a462-56131441&amp;mc_cid=43d4b0a462&amp;mc_eid=befe0faba8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-155635 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/masks-3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/masks-3.png 640w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/masks-3-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Poetry<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=2e18ee73d9&amp;e=befe0faba8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3D2e18ee73d9%26e%3Dbefe0faba8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635950576327000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHKx6fdJfmcjwgVds6jAXeGKuJO-A\">Three Ghost Stories: 1944\u201348<\/a><br \/>\nBy Bhanu Kapil<br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 228 (Spring 2019)<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Mum nudged me and whispered, Go home. But I couldn\u2019t move. The orange was stuffed with blood clots. My daughter has not eaten for a year and a half, said the girl\u2019s mother. We left as quickly as we could. On the way home, we stopped at the old woman\u2019s house. Tonight is the deciding factor, said the old woman. The girl is possessed by a ghost. A very famous person is coming to give a treatment. It\u2019s a weird ghost. Many people from different religions have tried to get the ghost out but all have failed. Once, a Sikh gentleman came. He traveled from Lucknow and after some prayers he hung pictures of Guru Gobind Singh and Guru Nanak above the girl\u2019s bed. Then he took out a big sword and hung that up, too. However, the pictures swung from side to side, so did the sword, and fell on the floor. Tonight at 2 A.M. a new man will start his treatment. Come with me. We will go and look.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/art-photography\/1756\/masks-flavia-gandolfo?utm_source=The+Paris+Review+Newsletter&amp;utm_campaign=43d4b0a462-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_08_05_COPY_01&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_term=0_35491ea532-43d4b0a462-56131441&amp;mc_cid=43d4b0a462&amp;mc_eid=befe0faba8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-155634 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/masks-4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/masks-4.png 640w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/masks-4-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Art<\/em><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=b6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde&amp;id=b20725619b&amp;e=befe0faba8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/theparisreview.us17.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u%3Db6c161007733f0d4c084f3fde%26id%3Db20725619b%26e%3Dbefe0faba8&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1635950576327000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHhq2AaI8fWH09ErCO_xdnf3TNhnQ\">Masks<\/a><br \/>\nBy Flavia Gandolfo<br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 133\u00a0(Winter 1994)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>If you enjoyed the above, don\u2019t forget to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ssl.drgnetwork.com\/flex\/TPR\/MAIN\/\" 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.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve lowered the paywall on James Merrill\u2019s Art of Poetry interview, fiction by Joy Williams and William Faulkner, poetry by Bhanu Kapil, and art by Flavia Gandolfo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-155633","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-redux"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.4 (Yoast SEO v25.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Redux: Weird Ghost by The Paris Review<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"November 2, 2021 \u2013 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