The Rejection Plot

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View this email in your browser ON BOOKS The Rejection Plot Tony Tulathimutte "If the romance plot sets up an enticing question—Will they or won't they?—the rejection plot spoils everything upfront: they won't." FIRST PERSON Hands Gil Cuadros "I am prepared. I have had my will drawn and notarized." WRITERS' HOUSES Sherlock's Double: At William Gillette's Castle Nicolette Polek "The gun that hangs on the wall does not fire. Another gun shoots instead." LECTURES "We're Never Alone" Tobias Wolff "I and the other artists and writers I've known have had to be shut away somewhere, out of the human stream, to get our work done. Yet as the years have frosted and mowed this head of mine, I have come to a different understanding of the situation." Copyright © 2024 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.