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Early Spring Sketches

Early Spring Sketches

Hubert Robert, detail from “Fire at the Paris Opera House of the Palais-Royal.” ...

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Alejo Carpentier’s Second Language

Alejo Carpentier’s Second Language

Alejo Carpentier, 1979. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. I like to think of...

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Lifelines: On Santa Barbara

Lifelines: On Santa Barbara

Diana Markosian, The Arrival, from Santa Barbara, 2019. Courtesy of Rose Gallery...

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August 27–September 4: What the Review’s Staff Is Doing Next Week

August 27–September 4: What the Review’s Staff Is Doing...

Rare blue supermoon. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC...

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Searching for Tom Cruise

Searching for Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise at Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One premiere. Courtesy o...

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On Friendship: Juliana Leite and Devon Geyelin Recommend

On Friendship: Juliana Leite and Devon Geyelin Recommend

Friendship bracelets, Ra’ike, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. I’m intereste...

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What the Review’s Staff Is Doing This Week: August 21–27

What the Review’s Staff Is Doing This Week: August 21–27

Flushing Meadows Fairgrounds. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, Licensed under CC0 ...

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The Lawn Is Resting: A Visit to Balzac’s House

The Lawn Is Resting: A Visit to Balzac’s House

The Maison de Balzac. Photograph by Bailey Trela. The Maison de Balzac is locate...

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Alex Katz’s Collaborations with Poets

Alex Katz’s Collaborations with Poets

John Ashbery and Alex Katz, Fragment, 1969. Photograph by Paul Takeuchi, courtes...

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The Animal of a Life

The Animal of a Life

Yaddo, in Saratoga Springs. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CCO 4....

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Sharon Olds and Rachel B. Glaser on Reality TV

Sharon Olds and Rachel B. Glaser on Reality TV

Texas Lane, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Over the past few years, Korean...

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August 14–20: What the Review’s Staff Is Doing Next Week

August 14–20: What the Review’s Staff Is Doing Next Week

Matt Berninger of the National. Photograph by Andy Witchger, licensed under CCO ...

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How the Booksellers of Paris Are Preparing for Next Summer’s Olympics

How the Booksellers of Paris Are Preparing for Next Sum...

Photograph by Jacqueline Feldman. “With a diving suit and helmet,” said Yannick ...

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Watch Jessica Laser Read “Kings” at the Paris Review Offices

Watch Jessica Laser Read “Kings” at the Paris Review Of...

[embedded content] On August 3, the poet Jessica Laser visited the offices of th...

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The Paris Review Print Series: Shara Hughes

The Paris Review Print Series: Shara Hughes

Shara Hughes, The Paris Review, 2023, etching with aquatint, spit bit, soft gro...

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Anti-Ugly Action

Anti-Ugly Action

Chelsea Barracks, by Tripe & Wakeham, 1960–62. “An outstanding exposition of the...