Paris Review Audio

  • The Paris Review Sessions

    Salon's latest collaboration with the legendary journal includes exclusive recordings of J.D. McClatchy, Marilyn Hacker, Sarah Arvio and others.
    November 18, 2002

  • "Pictures of Friuli"

    Listen to a poem by Pier Paolo Pasolini, in a new translation by Peter Borten and in the original Italian, read by Pietro Greppi.
    November 12, 2001

  • The Paris Review

    Three young writers from issue No. 159 read from their work.
    November 2, 2001

  • The Paris Review: More new writers

    Part 2 of the recording sessions for the journal's latest issue features writers Matthew Vollmer, Tom Healy and Richard Matthews.
    June 25, 2001

  • The Paris Review: New Writers Issue

    Salon Audio presents three new writers published in the latest issue of the review: Monica Ferrell, Nicole Krauss and Patricia Ferrell.
    June 21, 2001

  • The Paris Review sessions, Part 3

    Galway Kinnell and Charlie Smith read poems published in the Review, concluding our celebration of National Poetry Month.
    April 30, 2001

  • The Paris Review sessions, Part 2

    More lunchtime recordings: Rachel Wetzsteon, David Yezzi and Max Winter read from their work.
    April 27, 2001

  • The Paris Review sessions

    Poets Matthea Harvey, Agha Shahid Ali and Daniel Kunitz read from their work in celebration of National Poetry Month.
    April 26, 2001

  • Heroin sheik

    In celebration of National Poetry Month, musician and "Basketball Diaries" author Jim Carroll reads poems published in the Paris Review.
    April 23, 2001

  • Peevish Plimpton

    A veterinarian and pet advice columnist disappears in George Plimpton's quirky mystery "Pet Peeves."
    Read by George Plimpton January 8, 2001

  • E.L. Doctorow

    The author tells George Plimpton about the trouble he has writing absence notes for his daughter and argues that it isn't necessary to go to war to become a writer.
    Interview by George Plimpton December 19, 2000

  • Hunter S. Thompson, Part 2

    More from the interview with the gonzo journalist about the origin of "Fear and Loathing" and other topics.
    Interviewed by the Paris Review December 11, 2000

  • Le Carré the spy

    The author talks about working in the "secret world" during the Cold War and why he's a total bore.
    Interview by George Plimpton December 8, 2000

  • How are you, Mr. Blue?

    Garrison Keillor talks about his method of writing and the genesis of his tales of Lake Wobegon.
    Interview by George Plimpton December 7, 2000

  • "Total Cave Darkness"

    In this Paris Review story, an alcoholic woman runs away with a Protestant minister.
    Read by Ann Hood December 6, 2000

  • Hunter S. Thompson

    In this rare interview, the psychedelic writer talks about Vietnam and the death of the American dream.
    Interview by the Paris Review December 5, 2000

  • Priscilla Becker

    The poet and schoolteacher reads about the harsh reality in childhood drawings and offers "a translation from English to English."
    Read by Priscilla Becker December 5, 2000
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