Paris Review - Writers, Quotes, Biography, Interviews, Artists
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Paris Review - Fredric Jameson, The Art of Criticism No. 5
The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet Sharon Olds discusses sex, religion, and writing poems that “women were definitely not supposed to write,” in an excerpt from her Art of Poetry interview with Jessica Laser. Olds also reads three of her poems: “Sisters of Sexual Treasure” (issue no. 74, Fall–Winter 1978), “True Love,” and “The Easel.”
The Private Life: On James Baldwin - The Paris Review
Aug 2, 2024 · Cleaver, in his book Soul on Ice, published in 1968, wrote, “It seems that many Negro homosexuals … are outraged and frustrated because in their sickness they are unable to have a baby by a white man. …Homosexuality is a sickness, just as are baby-rape or wanting to become the head of General Motors.” Later, in an interview with The Paris Review in 1984, Baldwin said “My real ...
Paris Review - Writers, Quotes, Biography, Interviews, Artists
The Paris Review accepts unsolicited submissions of prose in February, June, and October and unsolicited submissions of poetry in January, April, July, and October.Submissions are accepted via Submittable until we reach capacity, as well as by mail (see the instructions below).. All submissions must be in English and must be previously unpublished. Translations are welcome and should be ...
The Real Tragedy of Beth March - The Paris Review
Aug 29, 2019 · In the first chapter of Little Women, when Louisa May Alcott is doling out archetypes to the siblings, Beth asks, “If Jo is a tomboy and Amy a goose, what am I, please?” “You’re a dear,” Meg answers, “and nothing else.” People who have studied anything about Little Women know that the novel is based, roughly, on Louisa’s family, a clan of thinkers, artists, and ...
Hannah Arendt, Poet - The Paris Review
Sep 27, 2024 · “Arendt’s poem tells the story of her farewell to Europe and her arrival in the United States in a dozen lines of verse. But it’s also a self-aware work of art that quietly asserts its own place in the German poetic tradition.”
New Poetry: Margaret Ross, Nora Claire Miller, and Richie …
Dec 6, 2024 · Whenever I open the fridge, the same poem falls off the door: “you against the green screen, a place / without history,” from Tracy Fuad’s collection about:blank.. The poem is printed on a postcard, and it has been falling off my fridge for over a year now.
And Alexander Wept - The Paris Review
Mar 19, 2020 · There it is. And a quick Google search turned up an even earlier item, printed in medieval Canada (1628, I mean). But—and here’s where it gets good—but, nobody seems to have located any citation of the quote earlier than 1628.My homely contribution to this fuss is my hypothesis as to why instances of the quote are unlikely to turn up before 1579.
Ten Years without Gabriel García Márquez: An Oral History
Mar 7, 2024 · Gabriel García Márquez died ten years ago this April, but people all over the world continue to be stunned, moved, seduced, and transformed by the beauty of his writing and the wildness of his imagination.
The Paris Review - Sitting Up: A Brief History of Chairs
Aug 23, 2016 · There is a pivotal early scene in David Lean’s film Lawrence of Arabia in which T. E. Lawrence and his superior, Colonel Brighton, visit the desert encampment of Prince Faisal, a leader of the Arab Revolt. The royal tent is spartan yet luxurious, patterned woven cloths hang from the low ceiling, a large brass samovar gleams in …