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The Paris Review Podcast returns with a new season, featuring the best interviews, fiction, essays, and poetry from America’s most legendary literary quarterly, brought to life in sound. Join us for intimate conversations with Sharon Olds and Olga Tokarczuk; fiction by Rivers Solomon, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, and Zach Williams; poems by Terrance Hayes and Maggie Millner; nonfiction by Robert Glück, Jean Garnett, and Sean Thor Conroe; and performances by George Takei, Lena Waithe, and many others. Catch up on earlier seasons, and listen to the trailer for Season 4 now.

The Paris Review Podcast returns with a new season, featuring the best interviews, fiction, essays, and poetry from America’s most legendary literary quarterly, brought to life in sound. Join us for intimate conversations with Sharon Olds and Olga Tokarczuk; fiction by Rivers Solomon, Jun'ichirō Tanizaki, and Zach Williams; poems by Terrance Hayes and Maggie Millner; nonfiction by Robert Glück, Jean Garnett, and Sean Thor Conroe; and performances by George Takei, Lena Waithe, and many others. Catch up on earlier seasons, and listen to the trailer for Season 4 now.

 

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#41

S4E12 | Concerning the Future of Souls, by Joy Williams

The Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Joy Williams reads entries from “Concerning the Future of Souls” (issue no. 247, Spring 2024), a collection of stories following Azrael, the angel of death and transporter of souls. This episode was produced by John DeLore and Helena de Groot, and was mixed and sound-designed by John DeLore. Our theme song this season is “Shadow,” composed and performed by [ Ernst Reijseger] (https://ernstreijseger.com/) . Additional Links: [https://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/8252/concerning-the-future-of-souls-joy-williams] (https://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/8252/concerning-the-future-of-souls-joy-williams) [Subscribe to the Paris Review] (https://ssl.drgnetwork.com/flex/TPR/MAIN/) ... Read more

20 Mar 2024

17 MINS

17:53

20 Mar 2024

#40

S4E11 | Trial Run

In Zach Williams’s “Trial Run” (issue no. 239, Spring 2022), an employee is subjected to two coworkers’ conspiracy theories when their office is targeted by an anonymous white supremacist hacker. The story is read by Michael Chernus, Danny Mastrogiorgio, and Gabriel Marin. This episode was produced by John DeLore and Helena de Groot, and was mixed and sound-designed by John DeLore. Our theme song this season is “Shadow,” composed and performed by [ Ernst Reijseger] (https://ernstreijseger.com/) . Additional Links:  [www.theparisreview.org/fiction/7873/trial-run-zach-williams] (https://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/7873/trial-run-zach-williams) [Subscribe to the Paris Review] (https://ssl.drgnetwork.com/flex/TPR/MAIN/) ... Read more

13 Mar 2024

37 MINS

37:51

13 Mar 2024

#39

S4E10 | Foley’s Pond

“We were thirteen and conspiratorial and what was said is now out of reach.” Jim Fletcher reads Peter Orner’s “Foley’s Pond” (Issue No. 202, Fall 2012), a quietly devastating short story about the effects of a tragic accident on a boy and his community. This episode was produced by John DeLore and Helena de Groot, and was mixed and sound designed by John DeLore. Our theme song this season is “Shadow,” composed and performed by [ Ernst Reijseger] (https://ernstreijseger.com/) . Additional Links: [https://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/6173/foleys-pond-peter-orner] (https://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/6173/foleys-pond-peter-orner) [Subscribe to the Paris Review] (https://ssl.drgnetwork.com/flex/TPR/MAIN/) ... Read more

21 Feb 2024

08 MINS

08:54

21 Feb 2024

#38

S4E9 | The Victim, by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

The legendary actor George Takei reads one of the oldest stories in the Review’s archive.  Published by the magazine in 1957, “ [The Victim] (https://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/4872/the-victim-junichiro-tanizaki) ” is Ivan Morris’s English translation of the Japanese author Jun'ichirō Tanizaki’s 1910 literary debut.  This episode was produced by John DeLore and Helena de Groot, and was mixed and sound designed by John DeLore. Our theme song this season is “Shadow,” composed and performed by [ Ernst Reijseger] (https://ernstreijseger.com/) . Additional Links:  [theparisreview.org/fiction/4872/the-victim-junichiro-tanizaki] (https://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/4872/the-victim-junichiro-tanizaki) [Subscribe to the Paris Review] (https://ssl.drgnetwork.com/flex/TPR/MAIN/) The Japanese American Museum: [https://www.janm.org/] (https://www.janm.org/)   ... Read more

14 Feb 2024

30 MINS

30:05

14 Feb 2024

#37

S4E8 | The Walk Book

Sean Thor Conroe shares entries from “The Walk Book”—his meticulous, funny travelogue about his 2014 attempt to walk across the United States—including some rain-soaked field recordings. This episode was produced and sound designed by Helena de Groot. Our theme song this season is “Shadow,” composed and performed by [ Ernst Reijseger] (https://ernstreijseger.com/) . Additional Links:  [theparisreview.org/letters-essays/8039/the-walk-book-sean-thor-conroe] (https://www.theparisreview.org/letters-essays/8039/the-walk-book-sean-thor-conroe) [Subscribe to the Paris Review] (https://ssl.drgnetwork.com/flex/TPR/MAIN/) ... Read more

24 Jan 2024

17 MINS

17:40

24 Jan 2024

#36

S4E7 | Olga Tokarczuk’s Divine Cosmos

Nobel Prize–winning Polish writer Olga Tokarczuk discusses the souls of animals, discovering feminism, and her home in the village of Krajanów where she was once neighbors with “three different translators of William Blake in an excerpt from her [Art of Fiction] (https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/7968/the-art-of-fiction-no-258-olga-tokarczuk) interview with Marta Figlerowicz. This episode was produced and sound designed by John DeLore. Our theme song this season is “Shadow,” composed and performed by [ Ernst Reijseger] (https://ernstreijseger.com/) . Additional Links:  [theparisreview.org/interviews/7968/the-art-of-fiction-no-258-olga-tokarczuk] (https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/7968/the-art-of-fiction-no-258-olga-tokarczuk) [Subscribe to the Paris Review] (https://ssl.drgnetwork.com/flex/TPR/MAIN/) ... Read more

17 Jan 2024

18 MINS

18:02

17 Jan 2024

#35

S4E6 | About Ed

“We needed erotic touch to tell us what we were.” Robert Glück reads from [About Ed] (https://theparisreview.org/miscellaneous/7896/about-ed-robert-gluck) , a memoir about his relationship with his former partner Ed Aulerich-Sugai. The performance is paired with excerpts from his [Art of Fiction] (https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/8016/the-art-of-fiction-no-260-robert-gluck) interview with Lucy Ives.  This episode was produced by Helena de Groot and John DeLore, and was mixed and sound designed by Helena de Groot. Our theme song this season is “Shadow,” composed and performed by [ Ernst Reijseger] (https://ernstreijseger.com/) . Additional Links:  [https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/8016/the-art-of-fiction-no-260-robert-gluck] (https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/8016/the-art-of-fiction-no-260-robert-gluck) [https://theparisreview.org/miscellaneous/7896/about-ed-robert-gluck] (https://theparisreview.org/miscellaneous/7896/about-ed-robert-gluck) [Subscribe to the Paris Review] (https://ssl.drgnetwork.com/flex/TPR/MAIN/) ... Read more

10 Jan 2024

46 MINS

46:41

10 Jan 2024

#34

S4E5 | Scenes from an Open Marriage

“Nothing reifies a romance like proximate disaster.” Seated at her kitchen table, Jean Garnett reads her essay, “ [Scenes from an Open Marriage] (https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2022/06/29/scenes-from-an-open-marriage/) ,” and chats with the Review’s Deputy Editor, Lidija Haas, and Senior Producer of the podcast, Helena de Groot.  This episode was produced, sound-designed and mixed by Helena de Groot. Our theme song this season is “Shadow,” composed and performed by [ Ernst Reijseger] (https://ernstreijseger.com/) . Additional Links:  [theparisreview.org/blog/2022/06/29/scenes-from-an-open-marriage/] (https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2022/06/29/scenes-from-an-open-marriage/) [Subscribe to the Paris Review] (https://ssl.drgnetwork.com/ecom/TPR/app/live/subscriptions?org=TPR&publ=PR&key_code=ENAPRFX&type=S&gift_key=TESTFXG&utm_source=SubButton&utm_medium=SubButton&utm_campaign=SubButton&utm_term=SubButton) ... Read more

20 Dec 2023

36 MINS

36:28

20 Dec 2023

#33

S4E4 | Bob Ross Paints Your Portrait

“The only colors we’re going to use will be blacker than most blacks. Mm-kay.” Terrance Hayes reads his poem, “ [Bob Ross Paints Your Portrait] (https://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/7883/bob-ross-paints-your-portrait-terrance-hayes) .” An homage to the iconic host of the PBS show The Joy of Painting, and an exploration of Blackness: “deep-space black, black-hole black … lampblack and ink black, boot black and blackjack and blacker.” This episode was produced by Helena de Groot and John DeLore. It was sound-designed, mixed, and features original scoring by Helena de Groot. Our theme song this season is “Shadow,” composed and performed by [ Ernst Reijseger] (https://ernstreijseger.com/) . Additional Links: [theparisreview.org/poetry/7883/bob-ross-paints-your-portrait-terrance-hayes] (https://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/7883/bob-ross-paints-your-portrait-terrance-hayes) [https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/457422/so-to-speak-by-hayes-terrance] (https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/457422/so-to-speak-by-hayes-terrance) [Subscribe to the Paris Review] (https://ssl.drgnetwork.com/ecom/TPR/app/live/subscriptions?org=TPR&publ=PR&key_code=ENAPRFX&type=S&gift_key=TESTFXG&utm_source=SubButton&utm_medium=SubButton&utm_campaign=SubButton&utm_term=SubButton) ... Read more

13 Dec 2023

10 MINS

10:58

13 Dec 2023

#32

S4E3 | The I is Made of Paper

Pulitzer Prize winner Sharon Olds discusses sex, religion, and writing poems that "women were definitely not supposed to write,” in an excerpt from her [ Art of Poetry ] (https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/8000/the-art-of-poetry-no-114-sharon-olds) interview with Jessica Laser. Olds also reads three of her poems: “ [Sisters of Sexual Treasure] (https://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/3462/the-sisters-of-sexual-treasure-sharon-olds) ” (Issue No. 74, Fall–Winter 1978), “True Love,” and “The Easel.” This episode was produced and sound designed by John DeLore. Audio recording of “Sisters of Sexual Treasure” is courtesy of the Woodberry Poetry Room, Harvard University. Our theme song this season is “Shadow,” composed and performed by [Ernst Reijseger] (https://ernstreijseger.com/) . Additional Links: [theparisreview.org/interviews/8000/the-art-of-poetry-no-114-sharon-olds] (http://theparisreview.org/interviews/8000/the-art-of-poetry-no-114-sharon-olds) [theparisreview.org/poetry/3462/the-sisters-of-sexual-treasure-sharon-olds] (http://theparisreview.org/poetry/3462/the-sisters-of-sexual-treasure-sharon-olds) [Subscribe to the Paris Review] (https://ssl.drgnetwork.com/ecom/TPR/app/live/subscriptions?org=TPR&publ=PR&key_code=ENAPRFX&type=S&gift_key=TESTFXG&utm_source=SubButton&utm_medium=SubButton&utm_campaign=SubButton&utm_term=SubButton) ... Read more

22 Nov 2023

21 MINS

21:23

22 Nov 2023

#31

S4E2 | The Same IKEA Bed

A stealth poetry reading inside a bustling IKEA. Poet Maggie Millner reads her own [poem] (https://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/7855/from-couplets-maggie-millner) (Issue no. 239, Spring 2022), as well as two more from the archive: Toi Dericotte’s “ [Bird] (https://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/2039/two-poems-toi-derricotte) ” (Issue No. 124, Fall 1992) and Rainer Maria Rilke’s “ [Death] (https://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/6855/death-rainer-maria-rilke) ” (Issue No. 82, Winter 1981). This episode was produced by Helena de Groot and John DeLore, and was sound designed by John DeLore. Our theme song this season is “Shadow,” composed and performed by [Ernst Reijseger] (https://ernstreijseger.com/) . Additional Links: [theparisreview.org/poetry/7855/from-couplets-maggie-millner] (https://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/7855/from-couplets-maggie-millner) [theparisreview.org/poetry/6855/death-rainer-maria-rilke] (https://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/6855/death-rainer-maria-rilke) [theparisreview.org/poetry/2039/two-poems-toi-derricotte] (https://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/2039/two-poems-toi-derricotte) [maggiemillner.com/] (https://www.maggiemillner.com/) [Subscribe to the Paris Review] (https://ssl.drgnetwork.com/ecom/TPR/app/live/subscriptions?org=TPR&publ=PR&key_code=ENAPRFX&type=S&gift_key=TESTFXG&utm_source=SubButton&utm_medium=SubButton&utm_campaign=SubButton&utm_term=SubButton) ... Read more

15 Nov 2023

10 MINS

10:28

15 Nov 2023

#30

S4E1 | This is Everything There Will Ever Be, by Rivers Solomon

Actor, producer, and screenwriter Lena Waithe reads Rivers Solomon’s “ [This Is Everything There Will Ever Be] (https://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/7963/this-is-everything-there-will-ever-be-rivers-solomon) ,” which was published in issue no. 243 of the Review. The story, dark and uplifting by turns, is a portrait of “just another late-forties dyke entirely too into basketball, dogs, and memes.” This episode was produced and sound designed by Helena de Groot. Our theme song this season is “Shadow,” composed and performed by [Ernst Reijseger] (https://ernstreijseger.com/) . Additional Links: [theparisreview.org/fiction/7963/this-is-everything-there-will-ever-be-rivers-solomon] (https://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/7963/this-is-everything-there-will-ever-be-rivers-solomon) [rivers-solomon.com/] (https://rivers-solomon.com/) [Subscribe to the Paris Review] (https://ssl.drgnetwork.com/ecom/TPR/app/live/subscriptions?org=TPR&publ=PR&key_code=ENAPRFX&type=S&gift_key=TESTFXG&utm_source=SubButton&utm_medium=SubButton&utm_campaign=SubButton&utm_term=SubButton) ... Read more

15 Nov 2023

34 MINS

34:52

15 Nov 2023

#29

Season 4 Trailer: The Paris Review Podcast

The Paris Review Podcast returns with a new season on November 15, 2023. Selections of interviews, fiction, essays, and poetry from America’s most legendary literary quarterly, brought to life in sound. Catch up now on earlier seasons & then tune in November 15th for the fourth season. ... Read more

01 Nov 2023

02 MINS

02:16

01 Nov 2023

#28

S3E5 | A Strange Way to Live (with Phoebe Bridgers, Connor Ratliff, Joan Didion, Natalie-Scenters Za...

Our Season 3 finale opens with “ [The Trick Is to Pretend] (https://urldefense.com/v3/%20__https://theparisreview.org/poetry/7393/the-trick-is-to-pretend-natalie-scenters-zapico__%20;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!Yd5gmnz3oSGEvCXkkinNAdcuvSm_ek-ucpntw_nSiZOerhq2QltRFVAY-hTHG37PQZvrxKAdfTG66hic5E8V%24) ,” a poem by Natalie Scenters-Zapico, read by the singer-songwriter Phoebe Bridgers: “I climb knowing the only way down / is by falling.” The actor Jessica Hecht plays Joan Didion in a reenactment of her classic [Art of Fiction interview] (https://urldefense.com/v3/%20__https://theparisreview.org/interviews/3439/the-art-of-fiction-no-71-joan-didion__%20;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!Yd5gmnz3oSGEvCXkkinNAdcuvSm_ek-ucpntw_nSiZOerhq2QltRFVAY-hTHG37PQZvrxKAdfTG66rYPEo2d%24) with Linda Kuehl. Jericho Brown reads his poem “ [Hero] (https://urldefense.com/v3/%20__https://theparisreview.org/poetry/7230/hero-jericho-brown__%20;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!Yd5gmnz3oSGEvCXkkinNAdcuvSm_ek-ucpntw_nSiZOerhq2QltRFVAY-hTHG37PQZvrxKAdfTG66o9w3lcB%24) ”: “my brothers and I grew up fighting / Over our mother’s mind.” The actor, comedian, and podcaster Connor Ratliff reads Bud Smith’s “ [Violets] (https://urldefense.com/v3/%20__https://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/7565/violets-bud-smith__%20;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!Yd5gmnz3oSGEvCXkkinNAdcuvSm_ek-ucpntw_nSiZOerhq2QltRFVAY-hTHG37PQZvrxKAdfTG66m50JkJ0%24) ,” the story of two unlikely arsonists rediscovering life in the flames. The episode closes with Bridgers performing “Garden Song.” To hear more from Connor Ratliff, check out his podcast [Dead Eyes] (https://urldefense.com/v3/%20__https://headgum.com/dead-eyes__%20;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!Yd5gmnz3oSGEvCXkkinNAdcuvSm_ek-ucpntw_nSiZOerhq2QltRFVAY-hTHG37PQZvrxKAdfTG66rlvxl46%24) . To hear Avery Trufelman’s latest show, find the podcast [Nice Try!] (https://urldefense.com/v3/%20__https://podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/nice-try__%20;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!Yd5gmnz3oSGEvCXkkinNAdcuvSm_ek-ucpntw_nSiZOerhq2QltRFVAY-hTHG37PQZvrxKAdfTG66tQYMwYK%24) “Hero” by Jericho Brown appears courtesy of the 92nd Street Y Unterberg Poetry Center. This episode was sound designed and mixed by Hannis Brown, and mastered by Justin Shturtz. ... Read more

24 Nov 2021

49 MINS

49:48

24 Nov 2021

#27

S3E4 | Form and Formlessness (with Rachel Cusk, Aisha Sabatini Sloan, Allan Gurganus, Deborah Landau...

In an essay specially commissioned for the podcast, Aisha Sabatini Sloan describes rambling around Paris with her father, Lester Sloan, a longtime staff photographer for Newsweek, and a glamorous woman who befriends them. In an excerpt from [The Art of Fiction no. 246] (https://urldefense.com/v3/%20__https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/7535/the-art-of-fiction-no-246-rachel-cusk__%20;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!IaTc-Xk8-muV5VaAVyoLqSUCkzCDYUgm2i8eYc4wCLfsP4-VQbkD45XSDYoyxQ%24) , Rachel Cusk and Sheila Heti discuss how writing her first novel helped Cusk discover her “shape or identity or essence.” Next, Allan Gurganus’s reading of his story “ [It Had Wings] (https://urldefense.com/v3/%20__https://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/2848/it-had-wings-allan-gurganus__%20;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!IaTc-Xk8-muV5VaAVyoLqSUCkzCDYUgm2i8eYc4wCLfsP4-VQbkD45Vn1_FwXg%24) ,” about an arthritic woman who finds a fallen angel in her backyard, is interspersed with a version of the story rendered as a one-woman opera by the composer Bruce Saylor. The episode closes with “Dear Someone,” a [poem] (https://urldefense.com/v3/%20__https://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/6009/dear-someone-deborah-landau__%20;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!IaTc-Xk8-muV5VaAVyoLqSUCkzCDYUgm2i8eYc4wCLfsP4-VQbkD45Wlt23yBQ%24) by Deborah Landau. To check out Captioning the Archives, the book Aisha Sabatini Sloan created with her father, Lester Sloan, visit [McSweeney’s] (https://urldefense.com/v3/%20__https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/captioning-the-archives__%20;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!L2YKKk0gaYqyUFwJs_s7rSeV1y-cZCMD4NKqH6m32uQyLUBAv-nq0RNPhvRJjPzmVRI%24) . This episode was sound designed and mixed by John DeLore, and mastered by Justin Shturtz. ... Read more

17 Nov 2021

44 MINS

44:20

17 Nov 2021

#26

S3E3 | Without Malice, Without Triumph (with Edward P Jones, Hilton Als, Amber Gray)

This episode focuses exclusively on the work of fiction writer Edward P. Jones, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Known World and All Aunt Hagar’s Children, and subject of the [Art of Fiction no. 222] (https://urldefense.com/v3/%20__https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/6283/the-art-of-fiction-no-222-edward-p-jones__%20;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!JWu_kauOdWM2nUD8xJ1876s0TU4g8BeQ6Nd9LdZcxxXY0xaTVGeshlGiEFuJAA%24) . The episode opens with an excerpt from that interview, a conversation between Jones and Hilton Als. Then actor Amber Gray (Hadestown) reads Jones’s story “ [Marie] (https://urldefense.com/v3/%20__https://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/2099/marie-edward-p-jones__%20;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!JWu_kauOdWM2nUD8xJ1876s0TU4g8BeQ6Nd9LdZcxxXY0xaTVGeshlEgqAoXzA%24) ” from issue no. 122. This episode was sound designed and mixed by Helena de Groot, and mastered by Justin Shturtz. ... Read more

10 Nov 2021

49 MINS

49:48

10 Nov 2021

#25

S3E2 | A Gift for Burning (with Monica Youn, Molly McCully Brown, Venita Blackburn, George Saunders)

George Saunders, in an excerpt from his [Art of Fiction interview] (https://urldefense.com/v3/%20__https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/7506/the-art-of-fiction-no-245-george-saunders__%20;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!Ih4NSODKsvbQD7eG-61tLHFGy4ztakXVLc0abad88V4l4mWjpx9pXyU518wxpg%24) , explains how his teenage job delivering fast food prepared him to write fiction; Monica Youn reads her poem “ [Goldacre] (https://urldefense.com/v3/%20__https://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/6592/goldacre-monica-youn__%20;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!Ih4NSODKsvbQD7eG-61tLHFGy4ztakXVLc0abad88V4l4mWjpx9pXyWTVvFG1Q%24) ,” which tells the truth about Twinkies; Molly McCully Brown reads her essay “ [If You Are Permanently Lost,] (https://urldefense.com/v3/%20__https://theparisreview.org/letters-essays/7505/if-you-are-permanently-lost-molly-mccully-brown__%20;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!Ih4NSODKsvbQD7eG-61tLHFGy4ztakXVLc0abad88V4l4mWjpx9pXyWQXgIqDA%24) ” in which she confesses that “space makes no sense”; and Venita Blackburn reads “Fam,” a very short story about self-love and social media. This episode was sound designed and mixed by Helena de Groot, and mastered by Justin Shturtz. ... Read more

03 Nov 2021

34 MINS

34:32

03 Nov 2021

#24

S3E1 | A Memory of the Species (with Robert Frost, Yohanca Delgado, Antonella Anedda)

Robert Frost defines modern poetry in an excerpt from his [Art of Poetry interview]( [https://urldefense.com/v3/] (https://urldefense.com/v3/) [https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4678/the-art-of-poetry-no-2-robert-frost] (https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/4678/the-art-of-poetry-no-2-robert-frost) ;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!La9JzfrCxrTLTJC-BUCjhUWQaEI9PUYzjObTI7BHU1X34cu0PG5sG9hZ3SP6-g%24); the Italian poet Antonella Anedda discusses her poem “[Historiae 2]( [https://urldefense.com/v3/] (https://urldefense.com/v3/) [https://theparisreview.org/poetry/7487/historiae-2-antonella-anedda] (https://theparisreview.org/poetry/7487/historiae-2-antonella-anedda) ;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!La9JzfrCxrTLTJC-BUCjhUWQaEI9PUYzjObTI7BHU1X34cu0PG5sG9j2rn0NSQ%24)” with her translator Susan Stewart before the American vocal ensemble Tenores de Aterúe re-imagines the poem as a song in the folk tradition of Anedda’s native Sardinia; and Yohanca Delgado reads her story “[The Little Widow from the Capital]( [https://urldefense.com/v3/] (https://urldefense.com/v3/) [https://theparisreview.org/fiction/7644/the-little-widow-from-the-capital-yohanca-delgado] (https://theparisreview.org/fiction/7644/the-little-widow-from-the-capital-yohanca-delgado) ;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!La9JzfrCxrTLTJC-BUCjhUWQaEI9PUYzjObTI7BHU1X34cu0PG5sG9iWagiT-A%24),” a tale of mystery, heartbreak, and embroidery set in a New York apartment building. Robert Frost’s December 16, 1959, interview with Richard Poirier appears courtesy of the Woodberry Poetry Room at Harvard University's Houghton Library. PS3511.R94 Z467 1959x. [HOLLIS Permalink: 990023780790203941]( [https://urldefense.com/v3/] (https://urldefense.com/v3/) [http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990023780790203941/catalog] (http://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990023780790203941/catalog) ;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!La9JzfrCxrTLTJC-BUCjhUWQaEI9PUYzjObTI7BHU1X34cu0PG5sG9jnvzRIow%24). To learn more about Tenores de Aterúe, check out their documentary feature at [ [www.aterue.com\](https://urldefense.com/v3/] (http://www.aterue.com%5C%5D(https://urldefense.com/v3/) [http://www.aterue.com] (http://www.aterue.com) ;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!La9JzfrCxrTLTJC-BUCjhUWQaEI9PUYzjObTI7BHU1X34cu0PG5sG9j0o67FmA%24). Visit [Bandcamp]( [https://urldefense.com/v3/] (https://urldefense.com/v3/) [https://tenoresdeaterue.bandcamp.com/] (https://tenoresdeaterue.bandcamp.com/) ;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!La9JzfrCxrTLTJC-BUCjhUWQaEI9PUYzjObTI7BHU1X34cu0PG5sG9hoyiL-Pg%24) to hear more of their music. This episode was sound designed and mixed by John DeLore, and mastered by Justin Shturtz. ... Read more

27 Oct 2021

46 MINS

46:54

27 Oct 2021

#23

Season 3 Trailer: The Paris Review Podcast Returns

The celebrated podcast returns for its third season. Join us on an audio odyssey through the pages of The Paris Review, featuring the best fiction, poetry, interviews, and archival recordings, from the world's most legendary literary quarterly. This season features fiction by Yohanca Delgado, Venita Blackburn, Bud Smith, Allan Gurganus, and Edward P Jones. Poetry from Monica Youn, Deborah Landau, Jericho Brown, Antonella Anedda, and Natalie Scenters-Zapico. Plus excerpts of interviews with Joan Didion, Robert Frost, Rachel Cusk, and George Saunders. This season includes the voices of Phoebe Bridgers, Connor Ratliff, Jessica Hecht, and Amber Gray. Check out this trailer for a preview of the upcoming season, and subscribe now to hear the first episode on October 27th, 2021. ... Read more

04 Oct 2021

02 MINS

02:30

04 Oct 2021

#22

Celebrating N. Scott Momaday

A special bonus episode of The Paris Review Podcast celebrating N. Scott Momaday, the winner of the Review’s 2021 Hadada Award, which recognizes a distinguished member of the writing community who has made a strong and unique contribution to literature. What you are about to hear is an exclusive excerpt of the first step in the process of conducting Momaday’s Writers at Work interview, a bit of the very first call between Momaday and his interviewer, the poet Layli Long Soldier. They discuss the importance of oral tradition to literature, especially to the Native American tradition. ... Read more

23 Apr 2021

10 MINS

10:35

23 Apr 2021

#21

A Tree Grows Live in Brooklyn (A Live Recording at On Air Fest 2020)

A special bonus episode, recorded live at [On Air Fest] (https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__onairfest.com_&d=DwMFaQ&c=aLv4kG3eFBuAUFgZFQ07JQ&r=Y_euPyYCdjaSCAzhF8RFR6D7wcKX2TVWojZY3F763h8&m=bGHvoOY2qqXhHklJJqCn7v7Lh2qE-nkfoqu4jNB3fxU&s=6GjuC1Y4uKBhYBsIExyj39SxquFmvbl2tWjMSX2TsEk&e=) on March 8, 2020 (just before social distancing sent everyone home), featuring a crowded room of lovely human beings enjoying an immersive live performance of The Paris Review Podcast. The show opens with excerpts of Toni Morrison’s [1993 Art of Fiction Interview] (https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/1888/the-art-of-fiction-no-134-toni-morrison) , scored live by some of the musicians that created the score for Seasons 1 and 2. Then Vijay Seshadri reads his poem “ [Ailanthus] (https://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/415/ailanthus-vijay-seshadri) ”; Quincy Tyler Bernstine reads “ [A Story for Your Daughters, A Story for Your Sons] (https://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/7531/a-story-for-your-daughters-a-story-for-your-sons-rebecca-makkai) ” by Rebecca Makkai; finally, Emily Wells provides live scoring for Bill Callahan’s rendition of Adrienne Rich’s poem “ [The Tree] (https://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/5013/the-tree-adrienne-rich) .” “The Tree” excerpted from Collected Poems: 1950-2012 © 2016 by the Adrienne Rich Literary Trust. Used with permission of the publisher, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. All rights reserved. // The musicians providing the live scoring are [Curtis Brewer] (https://www.curtisjsocial.com/) on guitar, [Sam Ospovat] (https://www.samospovat.com/) on drums, and [Mike Brown] (http://lilbrownbass.com/) on bass. // Our theme song is composed by [David Cieri.] (https://www.davidcieri.com/) ... Read more

07 May 2020

31 MINS

31:45

07 May 2020