Some brief thoughts on one of my favorite Alice Notley poems, 'The Prophet.' theparisreview.org/blog/2024/04/3…

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I interviewed John Adams (!) about learning Spanish, the pains of collaboration, and his attempt to write his own 'Messiah'

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Today in The Nation we have a piece by Lujayn, a 14-year-old girl in Gaza, that has floored me every time I've read it. It's about what happened when an Israeli bulldozer came to destroy the house she was staying in, and you must, must, must read it. thenation.com/article/world/…

this was so much fun to write. thank you to Sophie Haigney for imagining this series—I can’t wait to read the rest of the dinner parties, where so much can happen at the table and in your head

We have launched a new series at The Paris Review called DINNER PARTIES and we have our very first, today, by Elisa Gonzalez

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Personally I feel like that article should be more about Boston ….

I'm talking to Moira McCavana next Thursday at Unnameable Books! Come hang out with us!

We apologize for the interruption

originally REJECTION was going to be stories and a long essay. I ended up cutting the ~20K word essay from the book but have resuscitated about 6K of it for the The Paris Review :-D

'If the romance plot sets up an enticing question—Will they or won’t they?—the rejection plot spoils everything upfront: they won’t. There the story stalls; but, strangely, continues.' Tony Tulathimutte on The Rejection Plot

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It's a pretty good day in Brooklyn, new York for listening to this band called The Grateful Dead

“I like the ashes on Ash Wednesday.”

An essay by Sophie Haigney. buff.ly/3SZTD1e

This is awesome

Finally someone on my team

NEW BETTING MARKET:

What will be the cheapest ticket available for an unobstructed view seat for any May performance for Dead & Co at The Sphere?

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I get the incentives but the totally pervasive instinct to reclaim every single outdated cultural object as the key to understanding contemporary life ('prescient,' 'prophetic,' etc etc) makes me totally insane

went on a pilgrimage to britney’s bedroom for ⁦The Paris Review⁩ theparisreview.org/blog/2024/01/3…