The Paris Review No. 250

The Paris Review No. 250The Paris Review is a renowned, quarterly literary magazine that has published original works of fiction and poetry since 1953. Each issue showcasing both new and established writers. This Winter 2024 issue features Fredric Jameson on the Art of Criticism: Ideological critique has to end up being a critique of the self. You cant recognize an ideology unless, in some sense, you see it in yourself. Hanif Kureishi on the Art of Fiction: When I was in

The Paris Review is a renowned, quarterly literary magazine that has published original works of fiction and poetry since 1953. Each issue showcasing both new and established writers. 

This Winter 2024 issue features

Fredric Jameson on the Art of Criticism: “Ideological critique has to end up being a critique of the self. You can’t recognize an ideology unless, in some sense, you see it in yourself.”

Hanif Kureishi on the Art of Fiction: “When I was in hospital in Rome, having the experience of being a paralyzed man nearly dead, my only excitement was in the thought that I could write some of this shit down.”

Gerald Murnane on the Art of Fiction: “A fatal question—what are people reading these days? Never mind what people are reading these days. What should I be writing about is the fundamental question.”

Prose by Dan Bevacqua, Caoilinn Hughes, Silas Jones, Alec Niedenthal, Adania Shibli, and Abdulah Sidran.

Poetry by Sargon Boulus, Egill Skallagrímsson, Rachel Mannheimer, Simone White, and Hua Xi.

Art by Ann Craven, Ala Ebtekar, and Josh Smith; cover by Seth Becker.