V.S. Naipaul and the Impossibility of Going Home
A brilliant writer, a misogynist, a small-town boy with a haughty, big-city gaze: Naipaul’s life was marked by a sense of doubleness.
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Author: Cody Delistraty
On Coincidence
On meaningful coincidences and why unscientific beliefs can actually be entirely rational
The Myth of the Lone Genius
On the artist Gabriele Münter and freeing her from the shadow of Wassily Kandinsky.
Extremes of Disorder
A profile and criticism of Wayne Koestenbaum’s poetry of the subconscious.
Inheriting Legacy
For my new monthly column for The Paris Review, I will travel across Europe—from Copenhagen to Dublin to Berlin to London—searching out essential artworks and exhibitions that speak to a wider cultural context, such as our desire for wanderlust or the complexities of artistic romances. In this first segment, I explore the complicated burden placed upon the lovers, close friends, and heirs of famous artists after they die.
The Possibilities of the Novel: A Conversation with Noémi Lefebvre
A conversation with the breakout French author on shame, memory, Schoenberg, structural circularity, and all the rest.
The Dual-Nature of Satire
Contrasting approaches by two famous French cartoonists—Georges Wolinski and Plantu—show differing ways of poking fun at the powerful.
