The Paris Review #242 : Winter 2022

Trade paperback.  Hot off the press!!  Prose, poetry, art and interviews to make your brain sing. Colm Tóibín on the Art of Fiction: “No matter what you do in a novel there’s a secret DNA of whatever it is that you’ve suffered.” N. Scott Momaday on the Art of Poetry: “I was writing lines that looked like lines of poetry, recollecting my early days on the reservation, but I didn’t know the difference between a spondee and a dactyl.”Prose by Avigayl Sharp, Lucas Hnath, and Mieko Kanai.Poetry by William IX of Aquitaine, Cynthia Cruz, and Peter Mishler.Art by Mary Manning and Lily van der Stokker.Cover by Uman.  Table of Contents      Fiction         Mieko Kanai - Tap Water         Addie E. Citchens - A Good Samaritan         Sophie Madeline - Dess Zalmanovs         Tom Drury - Where Does This Live?         Isabella Hammad - Gertrude         Lucas Hnath - from Old Actress         Kate Riley - L. R.         Avigayl - Sharp Uncontrollable, Irrelevant     Interview         Colm Tóibín - The A