the paris review
How the CIA Infiltrated the World's Literature
The new book, Finks, reveals how great writers such as Baldwin, Márquez, and Hemingway became soldiers in America's cultural Cold War.
'Virgin and Other Stories' Is a Brilliant Book About Sex and God in the South
We caught up with debut author April Ayers Lawson to talk about her beautifully disturbing new collection of stories.
The American Reader Is the New Paris Review
New York's literary world is a fetid, putrid swamp. We sat down with Uzoamaka “Max” Maduka, the editor-in-chief of a new literary print monthly, who hopes to change all that.
Fiction Issue Dos & Don'ts by Lorin and Sadie Stein
This month’s DOs & DON’Ts are an informal colloquium on contemporary street fashion, with Lorin’s critiques in blue ink and Sadie’s ripostes in red.
Future Sex: Zombie Love and My Forty-Eight Facebook Exes
The other night I was reading Lorrie Moore’s excellent short story, _Wings_, in the current spring issue of the Paris Review and came across this quote: “You could lose someone a little but they would still roam the earth. The end of love was one big...
