The Paris Review, Issue 137, Winter 1995

by George Plimpton (Editor)

Susan Sontag on war, the volcano lover, and “hearing voices.”

Portraits of Russian writers by E. L. Doctorow, Francine du Plessix Gray, Jeffrey Eugenides, Ian Frazier, Thom Jones, Norman Mailer, Patrick McGrath, Joanna Scott, and Oliver Stone.

Stories by Judy Budnitz and David Means. Poems by Lucille Clifton and Vijay Seshadri.

304 pages, Perfectbound

First published December 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

[Ned · Rating 4 out of 5]

Here there's a long, wide-ranging interview w George Steiner, the widely acclaimed critical essayist for the New Yorker magazine for 27 years... but lived mostly in Europe;
interview w Susan Sontag who talks mostly specifics of form and her writing process - the need to write necessary things, the freedom of fiction to incorporate several forms - "a novel is a big boat" ;
lots of poetry
an anecdote from 1990 in Romania
a collection of photos of famous Russians with also some collected ruminations

not quite *4 stars* but worth a read

[m · Rating 3 out of 5]

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