Doireann Ní Ghríofa. Photo: Bríd O’Donavan. “To spend such long periods facing the texts of the past can be dizzying,” writes Doireann Ní Ghríofa toward…
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The Art of Distance No. 24
In March, The Paris Review launched The Art of Distance, a newsletter highlighting unlocked archive pieces that resonate with the staff of the magazine, quarantine-appropriate writing on the Daily, resources…
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Poets on Couches: Reading Max Jacob
In this series of videograms, poets read and discuss the poems getting them through these strange times—broadcasting straight from their couches to yours. These…
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The Art of Distance No. 19
In March, The Paris Review launched The Art of Distance, a newsletter highlighting unlocked archive pieces that resonate with the staff of the magazine, quarantine-appropriate writing on the Daily, resources…
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The Art of Distance No. 17
In March, The Paris Review launched The Art of Distance, a newsletter highlighting unlocked archive pieces that resonate with the staff of the magazine, quarantine-appropriate writing on the Daily, resources…
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The poetry in the Summer 2020 issue hails from Portugal, Uruguay, Iran, France, India, China, Lithuania, and the United States. To celebrate the range of…
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Staff Picks: Tricksters, Transmogrifications, and Treacherous Beauty
Marie NDiaye. Photo: © Francesca Mantovani. No one is condemned to being human in the world of Marie NDiaye. People become birds, skulk home as…
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Staff Picks: Brownstones, Ballpoint, and Belonging
Arundhati Roy. Photo: © Mayank Austen Soofi. Haymarket Books will release Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction., a slim new collection of essays by Arundhati Roy, this…
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Staff Picks: Billboards, Bookstores, and Butler
Octavia E. Butler. Photo: Cheung Ching Ming. When the pandemic hit and we were suddenly living in a world I had never quite imagined, I…
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The Art of Distance No. 8
In March, The Paris Review launched The Art of Distance, a newsletter highlighting unlocked archive pieces that resonate with the staff of the magazine, quarantine-appropriate writing on the Daily, resources…
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