The Paris Review #245 : Autumn 2023

Trade paperback.  Hot off the press!!  Prose, poetry, art and interviews to make your brain sing.

Robert Glück on the Art of Fiction: “When people would ask me—and sometimes they did—to write about them, I’d reply, ‘First, break my heart.’”

Lynn Nottage on the Art of Theater: “I embrace the fact that I write plays that are popular. Audiences make their own decisions.”

Prose by Rosalind Brown, Alena Graedon, Munir Hachemi, Ishion Hutchinson, Moira McCavana, and Liam Sherwin-Murray.

Poetry by Bei Dao, Mónica de la Torre, Jolanda Insana, Nora Claire Miller, D. A. Powell, Katana Smith, Olivia Sokolowski, and Yuki Tanaka.

Art by Eric Nathaniel Mack and Magdalena Suarez Frimkess.

Cover: Joeun Kim Aatchim, Piggyback (Amused), 2019, mineral pigment and refined pine soot ink on silk. 

Table of Contents     

Fiction        

Rosalind Brown -- A Narrow Room        

Alena Graedon --  No Changing        

Munir Hachemi -- Living Things        

Moira McCavana -- Every Hair Casts a Shadow        

Liam Sherwin-Murray -- Supportive Husband    

Interview        

Lynn Nottage -- The Art of Theater No. 19        

Robert Glück -- The Art of Fiction No. 260    

Poetry        

Bei Dao from Sidetracks        

Mónica de la Torre -- Flip Side        

Jolanda Insana -- Noose soaked in orange blossom water        

Nora Claire Miller -- Rumor        

D. A. Powell -- As for What the Rain Can Do        

Katana Smith -- & Nothing Happens        

Olivia Sokolowski -- Lover of Cars        

Yuki Tanaka --  Aubade    

Portfolio        

Eric Nathaniel Mack -- Sketches        

Magdalena Suarez Frimkess -- Companions    

Cover        

Joeun Kim Aatchim Issue No. 245 Cover --  Piggyback (Amused), 2019, mineral pigment and refined pine soot ink on silk.    

Essay         Ishion Hutchinson -- A Room in August Town