The Paris ReviewBooks The Art of Distance No. 21 The Paris ReviewIn 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
The Paris ReviewComics Comics as Place The Paris Review - Ivan BrunettiIn his column “Line Readings,” Ivan Brunetti begins with a close read of a single comics unit—a panel, a page, or a spread—and expands outward to encompass the history of comics, and the world as a whole.
The Paris ReviewBooks Texas History The Paris Review - Jill TalbotJill Talbot’s column, The Last Year, traces in real time the moments before her daughter leaves for college. The column ran every Friday in November, January, and March. It returns for a final month this
The Paris ReviewBeirut This Is Not Beirut The Paris Review - Elias KhouryThis is not Beirut. But no—this is Beirut! A city broken and wounded, whose blood spreads like glass over the eyes. A city paved with glass, as though glass had turned into eyes, plucked out and filling
The Paris ReviewBooks What Our Contributors Are Reading This Summer The Paris ReviewContributors from our Summer issue share their favorite recent finds. Recently, I was inspired by the poet Solmaz Sharif to revisit June Jordan’s collection of essays, Civil Wars (1981). At a time when
The Paris ReviewHair Rapunzel, Draft One Thousand The Paris Review - Sabrina Orah MarkSabrina Orah Mark’s column, Happily, focuses on fairy tales and motherhood. I call the Wig Man. He picks up. “My sister,” I say, “was diagnosed …” He interrupts me because he is driving and he is in a
