C’est la Vie!: A French Cancer Diary

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View this email in your browser FIRST PERSON C'est la Vie!: A French Cancer Diary Lisa Carver "My prognosis is excellent … I won't die … I'm just using my cancer like an extra cup of coffee." THE REVIEW'S REVIEW Martin Scorsese's Family Pictures Niela Orr On the the problem of love in Killers of the Flower Moon (2023). PARAGRAPHS Writing about Understanding Yiyun Li "If this is not what literature is for, what else then?" A LETTER FROM THE EDITOR Announcing Our Winter Issue Emily Stokes "The pieces in this issue share very little in common save their quality and perhaps the fact that they each represent, in some form, a bewildered quest to find out what the world is trying to be." ON POETRY The Secrets of Beauty Jean Cocteau "Beauty is lame. Poetry is lame. It is from a struggle with the angel that the poet emerges—limping. This limp is what gives the poet his charm." DISPATCH In the Spin Room: At the Republican Debate Antonia Hitchens "A reporter from a podcast shoved his microphone in Hannity's face. 'Why do you have a CIA pin on?'" Copyright © 2023 The Paris Review. All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: The Paris Review 544 West 27th Street 3rd Floor New York, New York 10001 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe if you must.