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 Summer 2026 issue from the publisher:

Harryette Mullen on the Art of Poetry: “I knew I would exhaust myself as subject matter, but I could take something and turn it upside down, inside out, add a few doodads, and that way it would become inexhaustible.”

Yan Lianke on the Art of Fiction: “I personally didn’t think there was anything anti-war in writing about how an individual might be terrified of battle. I was really writing about my own fear.”

Prose by Lucy Ellmann, Chad Fore, Daisy Hildyard, Chigozie Obioma, Daniel Saldaña París, and Shuang Xuetao.

Poetry by Zain Baweja, Jean Day, Hannah Piette, Frederick Seidel, Shamsher Bahadur Singh, Katana Smith, and Tran Hang My.

Art by Hadi Falapishi, Andrew Kuo, and Hannah Tishkoff; cover by Alex Da Corte.