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SEARCH nbsp nbsp Full Search E mail this page Print View Cart Check Out Henry Miller 147 I believe in saying the truth coming out with it cold shocking if necessary not disguising it In other words obscenity is a cleansing process whereas pornography only adds to the murk 148 Read more 187 NEWS EVENTS THE PARIS REVIEW SPRING REVEL April 13 2009 HONORING JOHN ASHBERY with Paul Muldoon Zadie Smith and more Click here for details 4 6 Charles Wright reads at the 92nd Street Y 4 7 See Sa d Sayrafiezadeh read at KGB Bar 4 9 Nathaniel Rich reads from his debut novel in Newton MA 4 21 Nathaniel Rich reads at Pacific Standard in Brooklyn 5 4 David Grossman speaks at the 92nd Street Y Click here to a read a poem by inauguration poet Elizabeth Alexander New books from The Paris Review The Spring 2008 Revel honored Peter Matthiessen and Jesse Ball Click here to see photos from the event Site redesign see examples of the old site here and here NEW TOTE BAGS Find new Paris Review tote bags at the store Sign up today E mail Keep up on TPR news events readings new books and new issue contents NEW SPRING ISSUE AVAILABLE NOW An interview with Annie Proulx John Banville on his novels They 146 re better than everybody else 146 s of course but not good enough for me New poems and collages by John Ashbery Werner Herzog 146 s journals from the Amazon basin New fiction by Jesse Ball Philip Gourevitch Caitlin Horrocks and James Lasdun Photos by Lena Herzog spring poetry from David Wagoner Ron Slate and more Click here to buy the new issue today The Paris Review has been named a finalist for a 2009 National Magazine Award in fiction Click the links below to read excerpts from the nominated stories 147 The Lover 148 by Damon Galgut 147 Departure 148 by Alistair Morgan nbsp nbsp FROM THE WINTER ISSUE Liliana Maile Meloy nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 147 I had friends in Los Angeles 148 Liliana said gazing out the window at our weedy backyard 147 King Vidor you knew him 148 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 147 No 148 I said nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 147 And Darryl Zanuck mdash who was a pig Garbo and Chaplin of course They 146 re all dead 148 She sighed for her lost past 147 It 146 s so different now I was here ten years ago when a few of my friends were still alive and we went to Trader Vic 146 s At the very next table there were six gay Negroes Can you imagine 148 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp I couldn 146 t tell if she had been thrilled or horrified by the sight It could have been either I was going to tell her not to say Negro but instead I asked 147 How did you know they were gay 148 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp She looked at me with pity as if I were simple 147 How is your mother darling 148 she asked nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp Since my father 146 s death my mother had been living in an ashram outside New Delhi She sent us postcards about how deeply at peace she was in the land of the caste system and the dowry murder 147 She 146 s fine 148 I said 147 She 146 s in India 148 nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 147 India 148 Liliana said 147 How unpleasant I hope she has those little hand wipes 148 nbsp Purchase the new issue online now or start a subscription today copy 2009 The Paris Review Terms and Conditions Privacy Policy Contact Site Map