Preview issue no. 177 at theparisreview.org. Peter Carey on the “dangers and pleasures” of writing novels. James Tate on the art of poetry: “The thing that was magic about it was that once you put down one word, you could cross it out. . . . I put down mountain, then I'd go, no—valley. That's better.” An encounter with a Serbian terrorist. Sketches and watercolors by Woody Guthrie.
Preview issue no. 177 at theparisreview.org. Peter Carey on the “dangers and pleasures” of writing novels. James Tate on the art of poetry: “The thing that was magic about it was that once you put down one word, you could cross it out. . . . I put down mountain, then I'd go, no—valley. That's better.” An encounter with a Serbian terrorist. Sketches and watercolors by Woody Guthrie.