The Paris Review, Issue 148, Fall 1998

by George Plimpton (Editor)

Table of Contents—Number 148

Interviews

V.S. Naipaul—The Art of Fiction CLIV
Mark Strand—The Art of Poetry LXXVII

FIction

Louis de Bernieres—Our Lady of Beauty
A.L. Kennedy—Idelible Acts
Norman Lock—A Treatise on Desire
J. David Stevens—The Sniper's Story
Joy WIlliams—Substance

Features

Simon Armitage—Jerusalem
Kurt Vonnegut—L'histoire du soldat

Art

Alan Loehle—Six Dogs
Mark Strand—Island Monotype

Poetry

Neil Azevedo—Three Poems
Diann Blakely—The Dolls
Scott Coffel—Andrei and Natasha
Alfred Corn—Who, What, Where, When, Why?
Rachel Hadas—Searching the Scriptures
Anthony Hecht—Le Jet d'Eau
Melanie Hope—Sixth Grade
Sue Kwock Kim—Two Poems
Wayne Koestenbaum—Splinters
Daniel Kunitz—Two Poems
Richard Lamb—Three Poems
Rachel Loden—Two Poems
Stephen McLeod—Two Poems
John McKernan—Room Service
Susan Mitchell—Autobiography
Nick Norwood—A Palace for the Heart
Bin Ramke—A Great Noise the World Makes
Stephen Sandy—Five Poems
Daniel Tobin—Floor Scrapers
Kevin Young—Homage to Phillis Wheatley

Notes on Contributors

369 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

George Ames Plimpton was an American journalist, writer, editor, actor, and gamesman. He is widely known for his sports writing and for helping to found The Paris Review.

He was the grandson of George A. Plimpton.