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The Paris Review, Issue 229, Summer 2019

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The Paris Review, Issue 229, Summer 2019

Penned By Emily Nemens
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Frank Bidart on the Art of Poetry: "Why do something unless it corresponds to the shape and language of one's inner life?" Lewis Lapham on the Art of Editing: "What happens to journalism in the sixties is that it becomes increasingly about the journalist. The so-called New Journalism was strenuously self-glorifying."Fiction by Jonathan Escoffery, Richard Ford, Kimberly King Parsons, Mary Terrier, and Laura van den Berg.Poetry by Frank Bidart, Jorge Luis Borges, Cynthia Cruz, Cornelius Eady, Paul Guest, Daniel Halpern, Edward Hirsch, Ishion Hutchinson, Lawrence Joseph, Debora Lidov, Campbell McGrath, Eileen Myles, Vivek Narayanan, D. Nurkse, Rosanna Warren, Lauren K. Watel, and Matthew ZapruderNonfiction by Lydia Davis. A portfolio by Alan Fears. A document by James Agee.

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Length 235 Pages
Language Eng
Imprint The Paris Review Foundation
Released June 1, 2019
Identifier (ISBN) 46261019
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Emily Nemens

After spending years working in the corporate world, Emily Nemens finally decided to pursue a lifelong passion for writing. They currently reside in a quiet suburb where they spend most of their time outlining new stories, reading extensively, and occasionally attempting to bake.

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