The Paris Review, Issue 244, Summer 2023 by Emily Stokes

The Paris Review, Issue 244, Summer 2023 Reviews

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  Malia

  Liked the interviews and Richie’s poem. The rest didn’t speak to me as much.
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  Monica

  Fantastic issue, including an interview with Sharon Olds and stories by Jamie Quatro and Rachel B. Glaser.
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  Samara Brass

  Five stars for Kings by Jessica Laser !!!!!
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  Lucy

  I've read this book sporadically throughout the summer, and now it is autumn and I have only just finished reading. With that in mind, I don't remember much of the stories and snippets I read prior to the last short story. But this last story I've just read was so amazing. The prose was so inspiring (by this I mean inspiring to my own writing). I understood all of the little sentiment in each certain word or phrase or short sentence. For some reason, I thought of Patti Smith reading "Dead Woman" by Glaser. Truly truly amazing work. Of course they had to end it with this story.
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  Amie

  This one wasn’t as good for me as some other issues. Of the stories, I liked Dead Woman best (really liked), then My Good Friend (subtle, emotional), then Helen, which was funny but I was let down by the ending a little. The Diane Oliver story was great (old and masterful) and I had to look her up later. I unfortunately did not get any of the poetry. Too bad for me. Although Kings did stand out as easier to connect with.
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  ✽ ayanna ✽

  standouts: absolutely LOVED the last short story, “Dead Woman.” “Helen” was also interesting, along with “Little House.” As usual, the interviews are gold.
  
  I didn’t connect with or understand the majority of the poetry, and I thought the Lydia Davis journal fragments were primarily uninspiring aside from a few snippets.
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  Sarah Gindy

  literary of me
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  Reilly Smith

  My good friends, Helen, little house, and dead women were all good stories. Jameson Green’s art was nice as well.
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  Teresa

  The short stories were phenom & loved (most ish)of the interviews
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  Christina

  On airplanes. Highlights: Sharon Olds catching sight of a hawk mid-interview. Rachael B. Glaser. Kings.
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  angela

  faves: dead women (rachel b. glaser), little house (jamie quatro), my good friend (juliana leite)
  
  lydia davis’s journal fragments were so unnecessary
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  Raena Browne

  Five stars for "Dead Woman" by Rachel Glaser.
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  Elizabeth McGee

  I had the pleasure of reading this on the beach, in the sun. It was the perfect place to read it. The threads of queerness and love lost tied this collection together beautifully. All the stories, poems, and interview with Olds were 10/10, except the diary extracts. They seemed out of place. Maybe it's just the experience of reading someone else's half-formed experiments; they jangle next to the other complete ideas. Not to say the diary excerpts don't have value, but they were comparatively less satisfying.
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  Alex

  Favs were: My Good Friend & Dead Woman