The Paris Review, Issue 134, Spring 1995

by George Plimpton (Editor)

“In 1950, at full literary success, [Cesare Pavese] killed himself in a room at the Hotel Bologna—for mysterious reasons, but then every suicide is mysterious”: Primo Levi on the Art of Fiction.

Eudora Welty on Henry Miller, glass automobiles, and sailboating with Faulkner.

Two Reflections by M. F. K. Fisher. Stories by Tibor Fischer and Helen Schulman. Poems by S. X. Rosenstock and Max Winter.

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First published March 1, 1995

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.

Reviews

[Stephanie · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is one of the "old school" issues of The Paris Review when George Plimpton was editor. I must admit it was far more robust in those days, especially with poetry. This issue - which I will keep for my personal collection - also features a rare interview with Ted Hughes (the poet husband of the talented and troubled Sylvia Plath, who committed suicide in 1963) and a short but funny one with Eudora Welty. HIGHLY recommend - available on Amazon.