The Paris Review

One of the stellar literary journals of the twentieth century, The Paris Review continues to power ahead in a busy field today, not from Paris but from New York.

Originally established in the French capital in 1953 by three North American expats, Harold L. Humes, Peter Matthiessen and George Plimpton, who were publishing many of the biggest names in literature and reportage before the end of the journal's first decade. In 1973 The Paris Review relocated to New York where Plimpton continued as editor until his death in 2003. 

Since its inception the journal's mission has been to champion quality writing from outside the mainstream ('So long as they're good' – William Styron) and it continues maintain its reputation for uncovering impressive talent across fiction, non-fiction which it publishes alongside long-form interviews with notable personalities. 

Inside the Autumn 2026 issue from the publisher:

 Svetlana Alexievich on the Art of Oral History: “If you cut straight to the part you need, which is what journalists do, it won’t be interesting, and it won’t be the truth, either. Not the whole truth.”

Donald Antrim on the Art of Fiction: “I deplored the idea that writing involves suffering, that it had to be a bloodletting. Later I found out that it would be, and maybe should be.”

Prose by Eka Kurniawan, Angie Sijun Lou, Brian Ma, Scott McClanahan, Sam McKinniss, Tomoka Shibasaki, and Woo Dayoung.

Poetry by Asha Futterman, Zakaria Mohammed, Geoffrey G. O’Brien, Vasko Popa, Diane Seuss, and Natalie Shapero.

Art by Gertrude Abercrombie, Silke Otto-Knapp, and Laura Owens; cover by Elizabeth Glaessner.