The Paris Review #241 : Fall 2022

Trade paperback.  Hot off the press!!  Prose, poetry, art and interviews to make your brain sing. Terrance Hayes on the Art of Poetry: “A poem can give you a map for a certain kind of desire. Sometimes writing poems leads you to where you need to be.” Helen Garner on the Art of Fiction: “I’ve always known that the family is where everything is played out. The most crucial things happen within families—those patterns of behavior are huge forces.” Prose by Maya Binyam, Nancy Lemann, Sam Pink, Katherine Dunn, Michelle de Kretser, and Christian Kracht.  Poetry by Ben Lerner, Diane Seuss, David Orr, Debora Lidov, Stephen Ira, and Keith Hollaman.  Art by Louise Lawler and Christine Sun Kim. Cover by Danielle Orchard.  ---- Announcing Our Fall Issue A Letter from the Editor, Emily Stokes - September 7, 2022 Several weeks ago, I received an email from a reader named Walter. He asked—very politely (this Walter was Canadian)—why it was that, as of issue no. 238, The Paris Review had decided to l