The Paris Review #256
135 x 215 mm, 236 pages
New York, US
Quarterly
Published since 1953
Editor: Emily Stokes
Art director: Na Kim
Originally published from Paris, the review moved to New York in the sixties but retained its name. It has built an enviable reputation for discovering the best new voices in fiction, non-fiction, and poetry while also presenting in depth interviews with established figures. It was smartly redesigned by Matt Willey a few years ago, with a nod to earlier designs of the publication.
This Summer 2026 edition leads with a rainbow detail from Venezuelan-American conceptual artist Alex Da Corte’s 2017 digital print ‘The End’ on the cover, perfectly encapsulating British summer time. Inside, you’ll find:
Harryette Mullen on the Art of Poetry: ‘People think they have to write something that nobody ever thought of, but you can write about ordinary stuff. If you start with a rule and then break the rule, it’s possible to surprise yourself.’
Yan Lianke on the Art of Fiction: ‘Wherever I find the seed for a story, I try to plant it in familiar soil.’
Plus, prose by Shuang Xuetao, Lucy Ellmann, Daniel Saldaña Paris, Chad Fore, Daisy Hildyard, and Chigozie Obioma, and poetry by Jean Day, Zain Baweja, Hannah Piette, Katana Smith, Shamsher Bahadur Seidel and Tran Hang My.
Art by Andrew Kuo, Hannah Tishkoff and Hadi Falapishi.