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The Paris Review, Issue 245, Fall 2023

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The Paris Review, Issue 245, Fall 2023

Penned By Emily Stokes
4.85 62,642 Ratings
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Editor's Note:
Robert Glück on the Art of Fiction: “When people would ask me—and sometimes they did—to write about them, I’d reply, ‘First, break my heart.’”Lynn Nottage on the Art of Theater: “I embrace the fact that I write plays that are popular. Audiences make their own decisions.”Prose by Rosalind Brown, Munir Hachemi, and Ishion Hutchinson.Poetry by Bei Dao, D. A. Powell, and Mónica de la Torre.Art by Eric Nathaniel Mack and Magdalena Suarez Frimkess, and cover by Joeun Kim Aatchim.FICTIONRosalind Brown, A Narrow RoomAlena Graedon, No ChangingMunir Hachemi, Living ThingsMoira McCavana, Every Hair Casts a ShadowLiam Sherwin-Murray, Supportive HusbandINTERVIEWLynn Nottage, The Art of Theater No. 19Robert Glück, The Art of Fiction No. 260POETRYBei Dao, from SidetracksMónica de la Torre, Flip SideJolanda Insana, Noose soaked in orange blossom waterNora Claire Miller, RumorD. A. Powell, As for What the Rain Can DoKatana Smith, & Nothing HappensOlivia Sokolowski, Lover of CarsYuki Tanaka, AubadePORTFOLIOEric Nathaniel Mack, SketchesMagdalena Suarez Frimkess, CompanionsCOVERJoeun Kim Aatchim, Issue No. 245 CoverESSAYIshion Hutchinson, A Room in August Town

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