The Paris Review #243 : Spring 2023

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

Mary Gaitskill on the Art of Fiction: “I don’t think anyone consciously develops a voice.” Rita Dove on the Art of Poetry: “I believe that if you’re a poet and there is something you are passionate about, regardless of what it is, it will nourish the poetry.” Olga Tokarczuk on the Art of Fiction: “To get going, I need a strong cup of tea and a game of solitaire—it’s like running a comb through my brain.”

Prose by Rivers Solomon, Elaine Feeney, and Marie NDiaye.

Poetry by Nam Le, D. S. Marriott, and Kyra Wilder.

Art by Tabboo! and Henry Taylor, and cover by Peter Doig.

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Table of Contents     

Fiction        

Elaine Feeney - Same, Same        

Elisa Gonzalez - Sanctuary        

Daniel Mason - A Case Study        

Marie NDiaye - Irreproachable        

Rivers Solomon - This Is Everything There Will Ever Be    

Interview        

Rita Dove - The Art of Poetry No. 113        

Olga Tokarczuk - The Art of Fiction No. 258        

Mary Gaitskill - The Art of Fiction No. 257    

Poetry        

Michael Bazzett - Autobiography of a Poet        

Malachi Black - Holding a Book I Haven’t Read for Many Years        

Tracy Fuad - Birth        

Dobby Gibson - Small Craft Talk        

Nam Le from - “36 Ways of Writing a Vietnamese Poem”        

Joyce Mansour - “I stole the yellow bird …”        

D. S. Marriott - Mistry: A Lyric        

Uche Nduka - A Green Dream        

Kyra Wilder - John Wick Is So Tired    

Portfolio        

Tabboo! Tabboo! for The Paris Review        

Henry Taylor - Untitled Portfolio    

Cover        

Peter Doig - Issue No. 243 Cover