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John Berger, Death’s Secretary: A Conversation with Tom Overton
“The first letter I sent to him was about a print that he’d made, which was in the archive—a Chagall-inspired Virgin Mary standing on a donkey.”
Plan B Is Extremely Dangerous: Benjamin Moser on Anti-Zionism
“Israel’s national argument is based on the idea that Israel keeps Jews safe—that we can exist in Sweden or in Holland or in New Jersey only because we have this plan B.”
Adelle Waldman Is the 2026–2027 Paris Review Visiting Professor at the Bard Prison Initiative
“In 2024, The Paris Review and BPI announced a partnership, through which a distinguished creative writer would teach the literature that has most inspired them to BPI’s students.”
On “Derek,” Captain Ahab’s Evil Half Brother
“Your worst enemy ain’t Moby Dick, it’s your half brother, Derek.”
My Larval Roommates
“When holes appeared in my underwear, I knew that I had a case of moths.”
On the “Chattanooga Choo Choo”
“Lately, though, I have become fascinated by the so-called big bands on the SiriusXM station called ‘40s Junction.’ ”
You Have to Ask Questions: Svetlana Alexievich, Unlocked
This week, we’ve unlocked “Voices from Chernobyl” from the archive.
Kiss The Ring: Richard Wagner’s Opera Festival in the Age of AI
“ ‘Artificial Intelligence will take part on stage,’ the website informed us, ‘not as a character, but as an image-generating force.’ ”
My Grandfather in Grundy, Virginia
“Saad passed through a boarded up, overgrown town and thought, Who would live in this place?”
Announcing Our Fall Issue
“But I did feel, as we worked on this one, that I was listening in on many voices whose speakers were attempting to locate themselves ...”
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