The Paris Review #254
135 x 215 mm, 232 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.
Arriving just in time for the winter break, inside this mottled green issue you’ll find:
Hélène Cixous on the Art of Criticism: ‘Criticism is one artist discerning the secrets of another artist, who understood that something was decided perhaps by the passage of a bird, or a colour.’
Alice Oswald on the Art of Poetry: ‘I’m quite often driven to say that it’s more important to do the work on one’s character than on the words.’
Plus, prose by Alec Niedenthal, Eve Babitz, Marlene Morgan, Gwendoline Riley, and Elias Rodriques, and poetry by Jana Prikryl, Monzer Masri, Millicent Borges Accardi, Ed Roberson and Alice Oswald.
Art by Mieko Meguro, Joan Jonas, Ali Banisadr and Pippa Garner.
Cover art by Adebunmi Gbadebo.