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Selections of interviews, fiction, essays, and poetry from America’s most legendary literary quarterly, brought to life in sound. 

  1. Joy Williams reads from her new work, “Concerning the Future of Souls”

    MAR 20

    Joy Williams reads from her new work, “Concerning the Future of Souls”

    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. Additional Links: https://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/8252/concerning-the-future-of-souls-joy-williams Subscribe to the Paris Review

    18 min
  2. Trial Run

    MAR 13

    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. Additional Links:  www.theparisreview.org/fiction/7873/trial-run-zach-williams Subscribe to the Paris Review

    38 min
  3. Foley’s Pond

    FEB 21

    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. Additional Links: https://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/6173/foleys-pond-peter-orner Subscribe to the Paris Review

    9 min
  4. “The Victim” by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki

    FEB 14

    “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” 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. Additional Links: theparisreview.org/fiction/4872/the-victim-junichiro-tanizaki Subscribe to the Paris Review The Japanese American Museum: https://www.janm.org/

    30 min
  5. The Walk Book

    JAN 24

    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 by Helena de Groot and John DeLore, and was sound-designed by Helena de Groot. Our theme song this season is “Shadow,” composed and performed by Ernst Reijseger. Additional Links: theparisreview.org/letters-essays/8039/the-walk-book-sean-thor-conroe Subscribe to the Paris Review

    18 min
  6. Olga Tokarczuk’s Divine Cosmos

    JAN 17

    Olga Tokarczuk’s Divine Cosmos

    The 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 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. Additional Links: theparisreview.org/interviews/7968/the-art-of-fiction-no-258-olga-tokarczuk Subscribe to the Paris Review

    18 min
  7. About Ed

    JAN 10

    About Ed

    “We needed erotic touch to tell us what we were.” Robert Glück reads from About Ed, a memoir about his relationship with his former partner Ed Aulerich-Sugai. The performance is paired with excerpts from his Art of Fiction 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. Additional Links: https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/8016/the-art-of-fiction-no-260-robert-gluck https://theparisreview.org/miscellaneous/7896/about-ed-robert-gluck Subscribe to the Paris Review

    47 min
  8. Scenes from an Open Marriage

    12/20/2023

    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” 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. Additional Links: theparisreview.org/blog/2022/06/29/scenes-from-an-open-marriage/ Subscribe to the Paris Review

    36 min
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Selections of interviews, fiction, essays, and poetry from America’s most legendary literary quarterly, brought to life in sound. 

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    2017 - 2024
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