The Paris Review, Issue 239, Spring 2022

by Emily Stokes (Editor), Will Arbery, Annie Ernaux

Jane Gardam on the Art of Fiction: “Sometimes I wish I’d kept a diary. I love diaries. I wrote the books instead, I suppose.”

Jamaica Kincaid on the Art of Fiction: “I suppose that my work is always mourning something, the loss of a paradise—not the thing that comes after you die, but the thing that you had before.”

Prose by Lakiesha Carr, Will Arbery, and Annie Ernaux.

Poetry by Dorothea Lasky, Christian Bök, and Monica Sok.

Art by Frida Orupabo and Birdie Lusch.

Cover by Andrew Cranston.

Genres: Short Stories, Poetry, Fiction

242 pages, Perfectbound

First published March 1, 2022

Reviews

[T P Kennedy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not a bad issue. The Jamaica Kincaid interview was worth the cover price. Much of the rest was forgettable.

[Amie]

Appreciated Tomorrows. I liked the excerpt from the play a lot. I also liked Trial Run and its weird tone. Loved Annie Ernaux's diary entries, definitely stirred something. Of the poetry, I liked Maggie Millner's poem and the Henri Cole poem, the three from Pessoa's heteronym, and A Nocturne for Eurydice which was beautiful. Jamaica Kincaid is fascinating and truly original.

[Timothy · Rating 4 out of 5]

Memorable

[Zoya Rehman · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5