“You make a mark, and the mark creates a situation, and this situation calls for other gestures.”
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2023/10/04/beginning-with-color-an-interview-with-etel-adnan/
“What a time to be there, amid the influx of Westerners shopping in the dollars-only markets.”
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2023/08/25/lifelines-on-santa-barbara/
“I love opera not as an expert, or even as an informed connoisseur.”
“A fight over pumpernickel bread results in tragedy.”
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2023/02/23/the-curtain-is-patterned-gingham/
"What do robots want?"
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2022/11/18/hello-world-part-five-two-squares/
"Why was I feeling guilty about ending things with a chatbot?"
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2022/11/16/hello-world-part-three-alice/
“It was through the sense of quiet and closeness that I connected with her things.”
Confronted once again with the Headington Shark, Dan Fox considers the sculpture’s appearance, the concept of limbo, and his brother Karl, out at sea and out of reach.
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/05/02/stuck-in-limbo/
This week, the staff of ‘The Paris Review’ reads pre-Ravicka Renee Gladman, purchases a springtime Christmas present, and tears down the information superhighway with Patricia Lockwood.
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/03/15/staff-picks-passion-portals-and-premature-presents/
This week, the staff of ‘The Paris Review’ praises Pam Houston, admires Christine Schutt, and argues for a shelf of novels labeled “women interacting with art.”
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/03/01/staff-picks-hauntings-hollywood-and-home/