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\"TPR-208\"<\/a>

Not pictured: Miss Adele, the corsets.<\/p><\/div>\n

Zadie Smith\u2019s story \u201cMiss Adele Amidst the Corsets<\/a>\u201d appears in our latest issue<\/a>, and we\u2019re delighted to announce that, as of today, you can read it online in its entirety<\/a>. But \u201cMiss Adele\u201d won\u2019t be gracing the Internet in perpetuity; it\u2019s only available while our Spring issue is on newsstands.\u00a0Subscribe to The Paris Review<\/em><\/a> and you\u2019ll have constant, round-the-clock, 24\/7\/365 access to this story and a wealth of others, anytime, anywhere, anyhow\u2014digitally, in print, and perhaps in media yet to be invented.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWell, that\u2019s that,\u201d Miss Dee Pendency said, and Miss Adele, looking back over her shoulder, saw that it was. The strip of hooks had separated entirely from the rest of the corset. Dee held up the two halves, her big red slash mouth pulling in opposite directions.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeast you can say it died in battle. Doing its duty.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cBitch, I\u2019m on in ten minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen an irresistible force like your ass \u2026<\/em> \u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDon\u2019t sing.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cMeets an old immovable corset like this \u2026 You can bet as sure as you liiiiiive!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s your fault. You pulled too hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSomething\u2019s gotta give, something\u2019s gotta give, SOMETHING\u2019S GOTTA GIVE.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cYou pulled too hard.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cPulling\u2019s not your problem.\u201d Dee lifted her bony, white Midwestern leg up onto the counter, in preparation to put on a thigh-high. With a heel she indicated Miss Adele\u2019s mountainous box of chicken and rice: \u201cReal talk, baby.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Read the whole story<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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