# The Paris Review > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Paris_Review > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/The_Paris_Review.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paris_Review > Source revision: 1351532045 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|New York–based English-language literary magazine}} {{Infobox magazine | title = The Paris Review | image_file = The Paris Review cover issue 1.jpg | image_size = 171px | image_caption = ''The Paris Review'', Issue 1 | frequency = Quarterly | language = English | category = [Art](/source/Art), [culture](/source/culture), [interviews](/source/interviews), [literature](/source/literature) | company = The Paris Review Foundation | editor = Emily Stokes | editor_title = Editor | firstdate = [Spring](/source/Spring_(season)), {{Start date and age|1953}} | country = United States | based = [New York City](/source/New_York_City), U.S. (since 1973) | website = {{URL|http://www.theparisreview.org/|theparisreview.org}} | issn = 0031-2037 }} '''''The Paris Review''''' is a quarterly English-language [literary magazine](/source/literary_magazine) established in [Paris](/source/Paris) in 1953 by [Harold L. Humes](/source/Harold_L._Humes), [Peter Matthiessen](/source/Peter_Matthiessen), and [George Plimpton](/source/George_Plimpton). The ''Review''{{'}}s "Writers at Work" series includes interviews with [Ezra Pound](/source/Ezra_Pound), [Ernest Hemingway](/source/Ernest_Hemingway), [T. S. Eliot](/source/T._S._Eliot), [Jorge Luis Borges](/source/Jorge_Luis_Borges), [Ralph Ellison](/source/Ralph_Ellison), [William Faulkner](/source/William_Faulkner), [Thornton Wilder](/source/Thornton_Wilder), [Robert Frost](/source/Robert_Frost), [Pablo Neruda](/source/Pablo_Neruda), [William Carlos Williams](/source/William_Carlos_Williams), and [Vladimir Nabokov](/source/Vladimir_Nabokov), among hundreds of others. Literary critic Joe David Bellamy wrote that the series was "one of the single most persistent acts of cultural conservation in the history of the world."{{cite book |last=Bellamy |first=Joe David |title=Literary Luxuries: American writing at the end of the millennium |date=1995 |publisher=[University of Missouri Press](/source/University_of_Missouri_Press) |location=Columbia, Mo. |isbn=978-0-8262-1029-6 |page=213}} The headquarters of ''The Paris Review'' moved from [Paris](/source/Paris) to [New York City](/source/New_York_City) in 1973. Plimpton edited the ''Review'' from its founding until his death in 2003.{{cite web |last1=Lyden |first1=Jacki |title=George Plimpton and 'The Paris Review' |url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1406696/ |website=NPR |access-date=9 January 2026 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809165935/https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1406696/ |archive-date=9 August 2020 |language=en |date=24 August 2003}} ==History== ===20th century=== Postwar-World War II Paris offered a vibrant and affordable literary scene that attracted many writers on the G.I. Bill and provided creative independence from the U.S. publishing establishment.{{cite news |last=Koblin |first=John |title=The Paris Review Faces Its Future, Finds New Editor |url=https://observer.com/2004/01/the-paris-review-faces-its-future-finds-new-editor/ |work=The New York Observer |date=January 12, 2004 |access-date=April 28, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221010011325/https://observer.com/2004/01/the-paris-review-faces-its-future-finds-new-editor/ |archive-date=October 10, 2022 |quote=“At that time, Paris was a lively center of literary activity, inexpensive, a postwar period with many young American writers there on the G.I. Bill.” |url-status=live}} An editorial statement by [William Styron](/source/William_Styron) in the inaugural Spring 1953 issue described the magazine's intended aim:William Styron, ''The Paris Review'' No. 1, pp. 11–12
''The Paris Review'' hopes to emphasize creative work—fiction and poetry—not to the exclusion of criticism, but with the aim in mind of merely removing criticism from the dominating place it holds in most literary magazines. […] I think ''The Paris Review'' should welcome these people into its pages: the good writers and good poets, the non-drumbeaters and non-axe-grinders. So long as they're good.
The ''Review''{{'}}s founding editors included Humes, Matthiessen, Plimpton, [William Pène du Bois](/source/William_P%C3%A8ne_du_Bois), [Thomas Guinzburg](/source/Thomas_Guinzburg), and [John P. C. Train](/source/John_Train_(investment_advisor)). The first publisher was [Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan](/source/Prince_Sadruddin_Aga_Khan). Du Bois, the magazine's first art editor, designed the iconic ''Paris Review'' eagle to include both American and French representation: An American eagle holding a pen and wearing a [Phrygian cap](/source/Phrygian_cap). The magazine's first office was located in a small room of the publishing house [Éditions de la Table ronde](/source/%3Afr%3A%C3%89ditions_de_la_Table_ronde). Other notable locations of ''The Paris Review'' include a [Thames River](/source/Thames_River) [grain carrier](/source/bulk_carrier) anchored on the Seine from 1956 to 1957. The Café de Tournon in the [Rue de Tournon](/source/%3Afr%3ARue_de_Tournon) on the [Rive Gauche](/source/Rive_Gauche_(Paris)) was the meeting place for staffers and writers, including du Bois, Plimpton, Matthiessen, [Alexander Trocchi](/source/Alexander_Trocchi), [Christopher Logue](/source/Christopher_Logue), and [Eugene Walter](/source/Eugene_Walter). The first-floor and basement rooms in Plimpton's [72nd Street](/source/72nd_Street_(Manhattan)) apartment became the headquarters of ''The Paris Review'' when the magazine moved from [Paris](/source/Paris) to [New York City](/source/New_York_City) in 1973. The magazine's circulation was 9,700 in 1989.{{cite news|title=A New Chapter in the Life of Story |first=Eleanor|last=Blau|date=Oct 3, 1989|work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/03/arts/a-new-chapter-in-the-life-of-story.html |archive-date=May 18, 2024 |access-date=May 18, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240518212236/https://www.nytimes.com/1989/10/03/arts/a-new-chapter-in-the-life-of-story.html?searchResultPosition=32|url-status=live}} ===21st century=== [Brigid Hughes](/source/Brigid_Hughes) was appointed as the magazine's second editor (and first female editor) in January 2004, following Plimpton's death the prior year.{{cite news |title=An Editor, 31, Who's at Ease With Big Egos |url=http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/24/arts/an-editor-31-who-s-at-ease-with-big-egos.html |access-date=9 January 2026 |work=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |date=24 January 2004 |language=en}} The last issue that was published during her tenure as editor-in-chief is the March 2005 edition.{{cite news |last1=Wyatt |first1=Edward |title=New Editor of Paris Review Is Writer for The New Yorker |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/18/nyregion/new-editor-of-paris-review-is-writer-for-the-new-yorker.html |access-date=December 7, 2017 |work=The New York Times |date=March 18, 2005 |archive-date=December 8, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171208003414/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/03/18/nyregion/new-editor-of-paris-review-is-writer-for-the-new-yorker.html |url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Devers |first1=A. N. |title=This Is How a Woman Is Erased From Her Job |url=https://longreads.com/2017/12/15/this-is-how-a-woman-is-erased-from-her-job/ |website=Longreads |access-date=9 January 2026 |language=en |date=15 December 2017}} Hughes was succeeded by [Philip Gourevitch](/source/Philip_Gourevitch) in spring 2005. Under Gourevitch, the ''Review'' began incorporating more nonfiction pieces and, for the first time, regularly published a photography spread. A four-volume set of ''Paris Review'' interviews was published by [Picador](/source/Picador_(imprint)) from 2006 to 2009. Gourevitch announced his departure in September 2009, citing a desire to concentrate more fully on his creative writing.{{cite web |author=Leon Neyfakh |url=http://www.observer.com/2009/media/philip-gourevitch-stepping-down-editor-paris-review |title=Philip Gourevitch Stepping Down as Editor of ''The Paris Review'' |work=Observer |access-date=June 22, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110809145251/http://www.observer.com/2009/media/philip-gourevitch-stepping-down-editor-paris-review |archive-date=August 9, 2011}}{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/11/philip-gourevitch-to-leave-paris-review.html |work=Los Angeles Times |title=Gourevitch to leave |archive-date=2011-09-28 |access-date=2011-02-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928005936/http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/jacketcopy/2009/11/philip-gourevitch-to-leave-paris-review.html |url-status=live}} Lorin Stein was named editor of ''The Paris Review'' in April 2010. He oversaw a redesign of the magazine's print edition and its website, both of which were met with critical acclaim.{{cite web |url=http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/09/13/get-ready/ |title=Get Ready |work=The Paris Review |date=September 13, 2010 |access-date=June 22, 2011 |archive-date=July 28, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110728100403/http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/09/13/get-ready/ |url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://designnotes.info/?p=2848 |title=Looking at the Redesign of The Paris Review |work=Design Notes |access-date=June 22, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110721195009/http://designnotes.info/?p=2848 |archive-date=July 21, 2011 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}} In September 2010, the ''Review'' made available online its entire archive of interviews.Garner, Dwight (October 22, 2010), [https://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/23/books/23interview.html "Paris Review Editor Frees Menagerie of Wordsmiths"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908204529/http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/23/books/23interview.html |date=2017-09-08 }}, in ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'' On December 6, 2017, Stein resigned in response to an internal investigation into allegations of sexual harassment and misconduct toward women in the workplace.{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/06/books/lorin-stein-resigns-the-paris-review.html |first=Alexandra |last=Alter |author2=Sydney Ember |title=Paris Review Editor Resigns Amid Inquiry Into His Conduct With Women |date=December 6, 2017 |website=[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times) |access-date=December 7, 2017 |archive-date=December 30, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171230153714/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/06/books/lorin-stein-resigns-the-paris-review.html |url-status=live}} In October 2012, ''The Paris Review'' published an anthology, ''Object Lessons,'' comprising a selection of 20 short stories from ''The Paris Review'''s archive, each with an introduction by a contemporary author. Contributors include [Jeffrey Eugenides](/source/Jeffrey_Eugenides) (with an introduction to a story by [Denis Johnson](/source/Denis_Johnson)), [Lydia Davis](/source/Lydia_Davis) (with an introduction to a story by [Jane Bowles](/source/Jane_Bowles)), and [Ali Smith](/source/Ali_Smith) (with an introduction to a story by Lydia Davis).Picador catalogue, Fall 2012, page 19. On October 8, 2012, the magazine launched its app for the [iPad](/source/iPad) and [iPhone](/source/iPhone).{{cite web |url=http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/10/08/introducing-the-paris-review-app/ |title=Introducing the Paris Review App! |work=The Paris Review |date=October 8, 2012 |access-date=October 8, 2012 |archive-date=October 10, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121010224028/http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/10/08/introducing-the-paris-review-app/ |url-status=live}} Developed by Atavist, the app includes access to new issues, back issues, and archival collections from its fiction and poetry sections—along with the complete interview series and the Paris Review Daily.{{cite web |url=http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/a-paris-review-mobile-app/ |title=A Paris Review Mobile App |work=The New York Times |date=October 7, 2012 |access-date=October 8, 2012 |archive-date=October 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009035621/http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/07/a-paris-review-mobile-app/ |url-status=live}} In November 2015, ''The Paris Review'' published its first anthology of new writing since 1964, ''The Unprofessionals: New American Writing from The Paris Review,''{{cite web |url=https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/08/25/announcing-the-unprofessionals-our-new-anthology/ |title=Announcing The Unprofessionals: Our New Anthology |first=The Paris |last=Review |date=August 25, 2015 |website=theparisreview.org |access-date=October 16, 2018 |archive-date=October 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017082058/https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/08/25/announcing-the-unprofessionals-our-new-anthology/ |url-status=live}} including writing by well-established authors like [Zadie Smith](/source/Zadie_Smith), [Ben Lerner](/source/Ben_Lerner), and [John Jeremiah Sullivan](/source/John_Jeremiah_Sullivan), as well as emerging writers like [Emma Cline](/source/Emma_Cline), [Ottessa Moshfegh](/source/Ottessa_Moshfegh), [Alexandra Kleeman](/source/Alexandra_Kleeman), and [Angela Flournoy](/source/Angela_Flournoy).{{cite web |url=http://www.penguin.com/book/the-unprofessionals-by-the-paris-review-edited-by-lorin-stein/9780143128472 |title=The Unprofessionals by The Paris Review - Penguin Random House |website=PenguinRandomhouse.com |access-date=November 17, 2015 |archive-date=March 8, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160308035431/http://www.penguin.com/book/the-unprofessionals-by-the-paris-review-edited-by-lorin-stein/9780143128472 |url-status=dead}} In late 2021, for the first issue with Stokes as editor-in-chief and Na Kim as art director, the journal was given a redesign by Matt Willey of Pentagram that hearkened back to the look that it had in the late 1960s and early 1970s: a minimalist style, a cover with a sans serif font and a great deal of white space, a smaller trim size, and paper that was physically softer.{{Cite web |last=Pockros |first=Alana |date=December 21, 2021 |title=What's Past is Prologue: Inside the Redesign of The Paris Review |url=https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/whats-past-is-prologue-inside-the-redesign-of-the-paris-review/ |access-date=April 9, 2022 |website=AIGA Eye on Design |archive-date=May 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220528094715/https://eyeondesign.aiga.org/whats-past-is-prologue-inside-the-redesign-of-the-paris-review/ |url-status=live}} ===CIA=== In January 2007, an article published by ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)'' supported the claim that founding editor Matthiessen had been employed by the [Central Intelligence Agency](/source/Central_Intelligence_Agency) at the time of the magazine's founding and reported that he used ''The Paris Review'' as a cover while he was stationed in Paris, not a collaborator, for his spying activities.{{cite news|author=Celia McGee|title=The Burgeoning Rebirth of a Bygone Literary Star |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/13/books/13hume.html|work=The New York Times|date=January 13, 2007|access-date=January 15, 2007|archive-date=December 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210024100/http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/13/books/13hume.html|url-status=live}} Historians such as [Frances Stonor Saunders](/source/Frances_Stonor_Saunders) have noted that the ''Review'' was not directly funded by the CIA, although it operated within the same postwar network of literary and cultural institutions supported by the CIA-backed [Congress for Cultural Freedom](/source/Congress_for_Cultural_Freedom) (CCF).{{cite journal|last=Troy Jr.|first=Thomas M.|title=The Cultural Cold War: The CIA and the World of Arts and Letters |journal=[Studies in Intelligence](/source/Studies_in_Intelligence) |year=2002 |volume=46 |issue=1 |url=https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol46no1/article08.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070613110501/https://www.cia.gov/library/center-for-the-study-of-intelligence/csi-publications/csi-studies/studies/vol46no1/article08.html|url-status=dead |archive-date=June 13, 2007 |access-date=May 29, 2020 |publisher=[Center for the Study of Intelligence](/source/Center_for_the_Study_of_Intelligence) |location=Washington, D.C.}} Specifically, archival records indicate that ''The Paris Review'' occasionally benefited indirectly through the sale of reprints to CCF-affiliated journals such as ''Encounter'' and ''Preuves'', and by sharing contributors and editors with those magazines.{{cite web |last=Iber |first=Patrick |title=Literary Magazines for Socialists Funded by the CIA, Ranked |url=https://www.theawl.com/2015/08/literary-magazines-for-socialists-funded-by-the-cia-ranked/ |website=The Awl |date=August 24, 2015 |access-date=April 28, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210509142433/https://www.theawl.com/2015/08/literary-magazines-for-socialists-funded-by-the-cia-ranked/ |archive-date=May 9, 2021}} Matthiessen later expressed regret for his CIA involvement, maintaining that ''The Paris Review'' was editorially independent and was never directed or influenced by U.S. government interests.{{cite web |last=Whitney |first=Joel |title=Exclusive: ''The Paris Review'', the Cold War and the CIA |url=https://www.salon.com/2012/05/27/exclusive_the_paris_review_the_cold_war_and_the_cia/ |website=Salon |date=May 27, 2012 |access-date=April 28, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602192417/https://www.salon.com/2012/05/27/exclusive_the_paris_review_the_cold_war_and_the_cia/ |archive-date=June 2, 2023}}{{cite web |first=Peter |last=Matthiessen |title=The Charlie Rose Show |url=http://www.charlierose.com/guests/peter-matthiessen |quote=I went there as a CIA agent, to Paris... I invented ''The Paris Review'' as cover. |at=15:30–15:41 of interview |date=May 27, 2008 |access-date=September 14, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708031459/http://www.charlierose.com/guests/peter-matthiessen |archive-date=July 8, 2008}} ==Emerging writers== Since its early years, ''The Paris Review'' has published the work of numerous emerging writers who later achieved significant literary recognition, including [Philip Larkin](/source/Philip_Larkin), [Adrienne Rich](/source/Adrienne_Rich), [V. S. Naipaul](/source/V._S._Naipaul), [T. Coraghessan Boyle](/source/T._Coraghessan_Boyle), [Mona Simpson](/source/Mona_Simpson), [Edward P. Jones](/source/Edward_P._Jones), [Terry Southern](/source/Terry_Southern), [Nadine Gordimer](/source/Nadine_Gordimer), [Jean Genet](/source/Jean_Genet), [Robert Bly](/source/Robert_Bly), and [Rick Moody](/source/Rick_Moody).{{cite web |title=The Paris Review |work=Encyclopædia Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Paris-Review |access-date=April 28, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206042133/https://www.britannica.com/topic/The-Paris-Review |archive-date=December 6, 2023 |url-status=live}} Selections from [Samuel Beckett](/source/Samuel_Beckett)’s novel ''[Molloy](/source/Molloy_(novel))'' appeared in the fifth issue, and the magazine was among the first to recognize the work of [Jack Kerouac](/source/Jack_Kerouac) with the publication of his short story “The Mexican Girl” in 1955.{{cite web |title=The Paris Review Archive |website=The Morgan Library & Museum |url=https://www.themorgan.org/research/paris-review |access-date=April 28, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418165000/https://www.themorgan.org/research/paris-review |archive-date=April 18, 2024 |url-status=live}} Other notable works making their first appearance in ''The Paris Review'' include [Italo Calvino](/source/Italo_Calvino)’s ''Last Comes the Raven'', [Philip Roth](/source/Philip_Roth)’s ''[Goodbye, Columbus](/source/Goodbye%2C_Columbus)'', [Donald Barthelme](/source/Donald_Barthelme)’s “Alice”, [Jim Carroll](/source/Jim_Carroll)’s ''[The Basketball Diaries](/source/The_Basketball_Diaries_(book))'', Peter Matthiessen’s ''Far Tortuga'', Jeffrey Eugenides’s ''[The Virgin Suicides](/source/The_Virgin_Suicides)'', and [Jonathan Franzen](/source/Jonathan_Franzen)’s ''[The Corrections](/source/The_Corrections)''.{{cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Kristi |title=Fine Print |website=Johns Hopkins Magazine |publisher=Johns Hopkins University |date=Spring 2012 |url=https://hub.jhu.edu/magazine/2012/spring/fine-print/ |access-date=April 28, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240330121052/https://hub.jhu.edu/magazine/2012/spring/fine-print/ |archive-date=March 30, 2024 |url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=About: History of ''The Paris Review'' |website=The Paris Review |url=https://www.theparisreview.org/about/history |access-date=April 28, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230109162345/https://www.theparisreview.org/about/history |archive-date=January 9, 2023 |url-status=live}} In recent years, ''The Paris Review'' has continued to feature emerging voices. [Aisha Sabatini Sloan](/source/Aisha_Sabatini_Sloan) contributes a monthly column, “Detroit Archives,” exploring her family history through iconic landmarks in [Detroit](/source/Detroit).{{cite web |url=https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/12/02/detroit-archives-on-haunting/ |title=Detroit Archives: On Haunting |last=Sloan |first=Aisha Sabatini |date=December 2, 2019 |website=The Paris Review |access-date=April 28, 2025 |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231225150555/https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2019/12/02/detroit-archives-on-haunting/ |archive-date=December 25, 2023 |url-status=live}} ==Writers at Work== {{quote box|width=23em|"The interviews in ''The Paris Review'' […] are about as canonical, in our literary universe, as spoken words can be. They long ago set the standard […] for what well-brewed conversation should sound like on the page."|—Dwight Garner, ''[The New York Times](/source/The_New_York_Times)''}} An interview with [E. M. Forster](/source/E._M._Forster), an acquaintance of Plimpton's from his days at [Kings College](/source/King's_College%2C_Cambridge) at the [University of Cambridge](/source/University_of_Cambridge), was the first in a long series of author interviews, now known as the "Writers at Work" series. ==Prints and posters== In 1964, ''The Paris Review'' introduced a series of prints and posters by contemporary artists with the goal of establishing an ongoing relationship between the worlds of writing and art[http://store.theparisreview.org/collections/print-series/A-E/ The Paris Review Print Series] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100930050057/http://store.theparisreview.org/collections/print-series/A-E |date=2010-09-30 }}, The Paris Review.—[Drue Heinz](/source/Drue_Heinz), then publisher of ''The Paris Review'', shared credit with [Jane Wilson](/source/Jane_and_Louise_Wilson) for initiating the series. In the half century since its inception, the series has featured notable New York artists of the postwar decades, including [Louise Bourgeois](/source/Louise_Bourgeois), [Willem de Kooning](/source/Willem_de_Kooning), [David Hockney](/source/David_Hockney), [Helen Frankenthaler](/source/Helen_Frankenthaler), [Keith Haring](/source/Keith_Haring), [Robert Indiana](/source/Robert_Indiana), [Jimmy Ernst](/source/Jimmy_Ernst), [Alex Katz](/source/Alex_Katz), [Ellsworth Kelly](/source/Ellsworth_Kelly), [Sol LeWitt](/source/Sol_LeWitt), [Roy Lichtenstein](/source/Roy_Lichtenstein), [Robert Motherwell](/source/Robert_Motherwell), [Louise Nevelson](/source/Louise_Nevelson), [Claes Oldenburg](/source/Claes_Oldenburg), [Robert Rauschenberg](/source/Robert_Rauschenberg), [Larry Rivers](/source/Larry_Rivers), [James Rosenquist](/source/James_Rosenquist), [Ed Ruscha](/source/Ed_Ruscha), and [Andy Warhol](/source/Andy_Warhol). The series, suspended after George Plimpton's death in 2003, was relaunched in 2012 with a print by [Donald Baechler](/source/Donald_Baechler). ==Prizes== Three prizes are awarded annually by the editors of ''The Paris Review'': the ''Paris Review Hadada'', the ''[Plimpton Prize](/source/Plimpton_Prize)'', and the ''Terry Southern Prize for Humor''. Winning selections are celebrated at the annual [Spring Revel](/source/The_Paris_Review). Winners are selected from the stories and poems published the previous year in ''The Paris Review''. *The ''Hadada Award'': a bronze statuette to be "awarded annually to a distinguished member of the literary community who has demonstrated a strong and unique commitment to literature".[http://www.theparisreview.org/about/prizes/ The Paris Review Prizes] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110104082423/http://www.theparisreview.org/about/prizes |date=2011-01-04 }}, The Paris Review The award may go to a writer, reader, editor, publisher, publication, or organization. Past winners include [Jamaica Kincaid](/source/Jamaica_Kincaid), [John Ashbery](/source/John_Ashbery), [Joan Didion](/source/Joan_Didion), [Norman Mailer](/source/Norman_Mailer), Peter Matthiessen, George Plimpton, [Barney Rosset](/source/Barney_Rosset), [William Styron](/source/William_Styron), Philip Roth, [James Salter](/source/James_Salter), [Paula Fox](/source/Paula_Fox), [Frederick Seidel](/source/Frederick_Seidel), [Norman Rush](/source/Norman_Rush), [Errol Morris](/source/Errol_Morris), [Edward Hirsch](/source/Edward_Hirsch), [Joy Williams](/source/Joy_Williams_(American_writer)), and [Fran Lebowitz](/source/Fran_Lebowitz). * The ''[Plimpton Prize](/source/Plimpton_Prize)'': $10,000 (and an engraved ostrich egg) awarded for the best work of fiction or poetry by an emerging or previously unpublished writer. Recent winners include Caitlin Horrocks, [Wells Tower](/source/Wells_Tower), Alistair Morgan, Jesse Ball, [Emma Cline](/source/Emma_Cline), and Benjamin Percy. * The ''Terry Southern Prize for Humor'': a $5,000 award honoring work from either ''The Paris Review'' or ''The Paris Review Daily'' that embodies the qualities of humor, wit, and [sprezzatura](/source/sprezzatura). The prize is given in memory of longtime contributor Terry Southern.[http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2013/03/26/ottessa-moshfegh-wins-plimpton-prize-j-d-daniels-wins-terry-southern-prize-for-humor/ 2013 Prize Winners] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130502054733/http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2013/03/26/ottessa-moshfegh-wins-plimpton-prize-j-d-daniels-wins-terry-southern-prize-for-humor/ |date=2013-05-02 }}, ''The Paris Review''. Past winners include [David Sedaris](/source/David_Sedaris), and other writers.{{Cite web |last=Review |first=The Paris |date=2018-03-07 |title=Isabella Hammad Wins 2018 Plimpton Prize; David Sedaris Wins Terry Southern Prize by The Paris Review |url=https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/03/07/isabella-hammad-wins-2018-plimpton-prize-david-sedaris-wins-terry-southern-prize/ |access-date=2025-06-30 |website=The Paris Review |language=en}} ==Spring Revel== The ''Paris Review'' Spring Revel is an annual gala held in celebration of American writers and writing.{{cite web|author=Irina Aleksander|url=http://www.observer.com/2009/daily-transom/ha-da-da-literary-elites-flock-paris-review-spring-revel |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090416185646/http://www.observer.com/2009/daily-transom/ha-da-da-literary-elites-flock-paris-review-spring-revel |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 16, 2009 |title=Ha-Da-Da! Literary Elites Flock to Paris Review Spring Revel |work=The New York Observer|access-date=June 22, 2011}}{{cite web |author=Irina Aleksander |url=http://www.observer.com/2008/paris-review-revel-james-lipton-decries-internet-fiercely-guards-canap-s|title=At Paris Review Revel, James Lipton Decries Internet, Fiercely Guards Canapes |work=The New York Observer|access-date=June 22, 2011|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118195312/http://www.observer.com/2008/paris-review-revel-james-lipton-decries-internet-fiercely-guards-canap-s|archive-date=January 18, 2012}} The Revel "brings together leading figures and patrons of American arts and letters from throughout New York to pay tribute to distinguished writers at different stages of their careers".{{cite web|url=http://www.theparisreview.org/the-spring-revel|title=The Spring Revel |work=The Paris Review |date=March 29, 2011|access-date=June 22, 2011|archive-date=June 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624162249/https://www.theparisreview.org/the-spring-revel|url-status=dead}} Proceeds from the Spring Revel go directly toward The Paris Review Foundation, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization established by the co-founders in 2000 to ensure the future of the magazine. The 2010 Spring Revel took place on April 13, 2010 and presented Philip Roth with the Hadada.{{cite web |author= |url=http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/07/01/spring-revel-2010-2|title=Spring Revel, 2010|work=The Paris Review |date=July 2010 |access-date=March 29, 2016 |archive-date=April 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402095050/http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2010/07/01/spring-revel-2010-2/|url-status=live}} The 2011 Spring Revel took place on April 12, 2011, chaired by Yves-André Istel and Kathleen Begala. [Robert Redford](/source/Robert_Redford) presented the Hadada to [James Salter](/source/James_Salter). The 2011 Revel also featured [Ann Beattie](/source/Ann_Beattie) presenting the Plimpton Prize for Fiction and [Fran Lebowitz](/source/Fran_Lebowitz) presenting the inaugural Terry Southern Prize for Humor. In 2012, [Robert Silvers](/source/Robert_Silvers) received the Hadada.{{cite web |author=The Paris Review |url=http://www.theparisreview.org/about/prizes |title=Paris Review Prizes |work=The Paris Review |access-date=March 29, 2016 |archive-date=March 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325091123/http://www.theparisreview.org/about/prizes |url-status=live }} In 2013, it was Paula Fox. In 2014, [Frederick Seidel](/source/Frederick_Seidel) received the prize.{{cite web |author=John Jeremiah Sullivan |url=http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2014/05/06/the-what-will-save-you-factor/ |title=The What Will Save You Factor |work=The Paris Review |date=6 May 2014 |access-date=April 5, 2016 |archive-date=8 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408222515/http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2014/05/06/the-what-will-save-you-factor/ |url-status=live }} In 2015, it was [Norman Rush](/source/Norman_Rush).{{cite web |author=Dan Piepenbring |author-link=:de:Dan Piepenbring |url=http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/04/13/remembering-the-revel/ |title=Remembering the Revel |work=The Paris Review |date=13 April 2015 |access-date=March 29, 2016 |archive-date=2 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160402091737/http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/04/13/remembering-the-revel/ |url-status=live }} In 2016, Errol Morris presented Lydia Davis with the Hadada{{Cite web |url=https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/04/08/pictures-from-our-2016-spring-revel/ |title=Pictures from Our 2016 Spring Revel|last=Piepenbring|first=Dan|author-link=:de:Dan Piepenbring|date=2016-04-08|website=The Paris Review|language=en|access-date=2019-06-25|archive-date=2020-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809063934/https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2016/04/08/pictures-from-our-2016-spring-revel/|url-status=live}} and in 2017, Edward Hirsch presented [Richard Howard](/source/Richard_Howard) with the Hadada.{{Cite web |url=https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/04/07/photos-from-our-2017-spring-revel/|title=Photos from Our 2017 Spring Revel |last=Piepenbring|first=Dan|author-link=:de:Dan Piepenbring|date=2017-04-07|website=The Paris Review|language=en|access-date=2019-06-25|archive-date=2020-08-09|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809060607/https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2017/04/07/photos-from-our-2017-spring-revel/|url-status=live}} In 2018, Joy Williams received the prize from [John Waters](/source/John_Waters).{{Cite web|url=https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/04/11/photos-from-our-2018-spring-revel/|title=Photos from Our 2018 Spring Revel|last=Berick|first=Julia|date=2018-04-11|website=The Paris Review|language=en|access-date=2019-06-25|archive-date=2020-02-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200225081829/https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2018/04/11/photos-from-our-2018-spring-revel/|url-status=live}} Fran Lebowitz presented [Deborah Eisenberg](/source/Deborah_Eisenberg) with the Hadada in 2019.{{Cite web|url=https://store.theparisreview.org/products/the-spring-revel|title=The Spring Revel 2019|website=The Paris Review|access-date=2019-06-25|archive-date=2019-05-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514155453/https://store.theparisreview.org/products/the-spring-revel|url-status=live}} ==References== {{Reflist|colwidth=30em}} ==External links== {{commons category}} * {{Official website|http://www.theparisreview.org/}} * [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/06/weekinreview/06mcgr.html/ "Does ''The Paris Review'' Get a Second Act?"] in ''The New York Times'', February 2005 * [https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews Paris Review compendium of Interviews, Writers, Quotes, Fiction, Poetry]; archived [https://web.archive.org/web/20220504120723/https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews version] {{Congress for Cultural Freedom}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Paris Review}} Category:The Paris Review Category:Congress for Cultural Freedom Category:Literary magazines published in the United States Category:Quarterly magazines published in the United States Category:English-language magazines published in France Category:Magazines established in 1953 Category:1953 establishments in France Category:1973 establishments in New York City Category:Magazines published in Paris Category:Magazines published in New York City --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [The Paris Review](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paris_Review) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Paris_Review?action=history)). 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