{"id":30863,"date":"2012-05-04T16:15:31","date_gmt":"2012-05-04T20:15:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=30863"},"modified":"2012-05-04T18:09:26","modified_gmt":"2012-05-04T22:09:26","slug":"job-aspirations-forgiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2012\/05\/04\/job-aspirations-forgiveness\/","title":{"rendered":"Job Aspirations; Forgiveness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/boyreadingnedanshutzsmall5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-3251\" title=\"boyreadingnedanshutzsmall5\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/boyreadingnedanshutzsmall5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"271\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/boyreadingnedanshutzsmall5.jpg 271w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/boyreadingnedanshutzsmall5-211x300.jpg 211w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><em>I am a student interested in working for <\/em>The Paris Review<em> one day. What steps would you recommend to get there?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read lots. That\u2019s the main thing. And not just the books they assign you in class. The Daily gives you a pretty good idea of what books and articles we\u2019re reading; at the very least you&#8217;ll have something to talk about in the interview. (You should read <em>The Paris Review<\/em>. Maybe this goes without saying.)<\/p>\n<p>Learn to write. I don\u2019t mean \u201ccreative\u201d writing, I mean short-form journalism. If your school has a good student newspaper, sign up. Or start sending pitches to your favorite magazines. The main thing is to write for an editor who can help you improve\u2014tightening sentences, taking yourself out of the picture when you don\u2019t belong, that kind of thing. Being able to write short, competent reports is a surprisingly useful skill\u2014and one that we value here.<\/p>\n<p>Bump one of us off. The <em>Review<\/em> has only six full-time employees, so job openings are rare. But we do accept new (unpaid) interns every season: <a href=\"http:\/\/theparisreview.org\/jobs\">click here<\/a> for more information on how to apply.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re honored by your interest!<\/p>\n<p><em>I\u2019m working on a character who is trying to figure out secrets in his family and still hold it intact \u2026 I&#8217;ve been reading Albert Camus\u2019s <em>The Fall<\/em> and loving it, but wondered if you might have any other suggestions for literature dealing with themes of forgiveness to help out with some inspiration?<br \/>\nMuch Obliged<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Dear Obliged,<\/p>\n<p>The first title that pops into my head is Anthony Trollope\u2019s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Can-You-Forgive-Penguin-Classics\/dp\/0140430865\">Can You Forgive Her?<\/a><\/em> Then I hear Henry James: \u201cYes, and forget her, too.\u201d James wrote lots of novels about forgiveness. <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Wings-Dove-Oxford-Worlds-Classics\/dp\/0199555435\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1336151263&#038;sr=1-1\">The Wings of the Dove<\/a><\/em>, which I have never made it through, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Ambassadors-Henry-James\/dp\/1619493357\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1336151286&#038;sr=1-1\">The Ambassadors<\/a><\/em>, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Portrait-Lady-Penguin-Classics\/dp\/0141439637\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1336151308&#038;sr=1-1\">The Portrait of a Lady<\/a><\/em>, and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Altar-Of-Dead\/dp\/1162687606\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1336151334&#038;sr=1-1\">The Altar of the Dead<\/a><\/em> all turn on acts of forgiveness. If your subject is forgiveness in marriage, you may be inspired by Norman Rush\u2019s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mortals-Norman-Rush\/dp\/0679737111\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1336151361&#038;sr=1-1\">Mortals<\/a><\/em> or Marilynne Robinson\u2019s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Gilead-A-Novel-Marilynne-Robinson\/dp\/031242440X\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1336151383&#038;sr=1-1\">Gilead<\/a><\/em> or Jane Smiley\u2019s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Age-Grief-Jane-Smiley\/dp\/0385721870\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1336151400&#038;sr=1-1\">The Age of Grief<\/a><\/em>. Then there are Jonathan Franzen\u2019s last two novels, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Freedom-Novel-Oprahs-Book-Club\/dp\/0312576463\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1336151457&#038;sr=1-1\">Freedom<\/a><\/em> and <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Corrections-Novel-Jonathan-Franzen\/dp\/0312421273\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1336151490&#038;sr=1-1\">The Corrections<\/a><\/em>. Forgiveness is a big subject in Franzen\u2019s work, though critics don\u2019&#8217;t often point it out. <em>The Corrections<\/em> is less about marital forgiveness, more about how hard it can be to forgive one\u2019s parents and kids. Elena Ferrante\u2019s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Days-Abandonment-Elena-Ferrante\/dp\/1933372001\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1336151527&#038;sr=1-1\">Days of Abandonment<\/a><\/em> has to do with forgiveness in divorce. D. H. Lawrence\u2019s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sons-Lovers-D-H-Lawrence\/dp\/1619491389\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1336151544&#038;sr=1-1\">Sons and Lovers<\/a><\/em> has to do with forgiveness between mothers and sons; Geoff Dyer\u2019s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Out-Sheer-Rage-Wrestling-Lawrence\/dp\/0312429460\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1336151562&#038;sr=1-1\">Out of Sheer Rage<\/a><\/em> has to do with forgiveness between Geoff and D. H. Lawrence &#8230;  For some reason everywhere I turn today, I see people asking to be forgiven and trying to forgive. Maybe you can\u2019t go wrong. <\/p>\n<p><em>Have a question for the editors of <\/em>The Paris Review<em>? <a href=\"\u201cmailto:advice@theparisreview.org\u201d\">E-mail<\/a> us.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am a student interested in working for The Paris Review one day. What steps would you recommend to get there? Read lots. 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