In an essay specially commissioned for the podcast, Aisha Sabatini Sloan describes rambling around Paris with her father, Lester Sloan, a longtime staff photographer for Newsweek, and a glamorous woman who befriends them. In an excerpt from The Art of Fiction no. 246, Rachel Cusk and Sheila Heti discuss how writing her first novel helped Cusk discover her “shape or identity or essence.” Next, Allan Gurganus’s reading of his story “It Had Wings,” about an arthritic woman who finds a fallen angel in her backyard, is interspersed with a version of the story rendered as a one-woman opera by the composer Bruce Saylor. The episode closes with “Dear Someone,” a poem by Deborah Landau.

 

To check out Captioning the Archives, the book Aisha Sabatini Sloan created with her father, Lester Sloan, visit McSweeney’s.

 

This episode was sound designed and mixed by John DeLore, and mastered by Justin Shturtz.

In an essay specially commissioned for the podcast, Aisha Sabatini Sloan describes rambling around Paris with her father, Lester Sloan, a longtime staff photographer for Newsweek, and a glamorous woman who befriends them. In an excerpt from <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/7535/the-art-of-fiction-no-246-rachel-cusk__;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!IaTc-Xk8-muV5VaAVyoLqSUCkzCDYUgm2i8eYc4wCLfsP4-VQbkD45XSDYoyxQ$" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/7535/the-art-of-fiction-no-246-rachel-cusk__;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!IaTc-Xk8-muV5VaAVyoLqSUCkzCDYUgm2i8eYc4wCLfsP4-VQbkD45XSDYoyxQ$&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1637174666340000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1__oL6jATbxt_HUcaifqfI">The Art of Fiction no. 246</a>, Rachel Cusk and Sheila Heti discuss how writing her first novel helped Cusk discover her &ldquo;shape or identity or essence.&rdquo; Next, Allan Gurganus&rsquo;s reading of his story &ldquo;<a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/2848/it-had-wings-allan-gurganus__;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!IaTc-Xk8-muV5VaAVyoLqSUCkzCDYUgm2i8eYc4wCLfsP4-VQbkD45Vn1_FwXg$" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theparisreview.org/fiction/2848/it-had-wings-allan-gurganus__;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!IaTc-Xk8-muV5VaAVyoLqSUCkzCDYUgm2i8eYc4wCLfsP4-VQbkD45Vn1_FwXg$&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1637174666340000&amp;usg=AOvVaw1-G2weDTyv-WFrrwXn_RaU">It Had Wings</a>,&rdquo; about an arthritic woman who finds a fallen angel in her backyard, is interspersed with a version of the story rendered as a one-woman opera by the composer Bruce Saylor. The episode closes with &ldquo;Dear Someone,&rdquo; a <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/6009/dear-someone-deborah-landau__;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!IaTc-Xk8-muV5VaAVyoLqSUCkzCDYUgm2i8eYc4wCLfsP4-VQbkD45Wlt23yBQ$" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.theparisreview.org/poetry/6009/dear-someone-deborah-landau__;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!IaTc-Xk8-muV5VaAVyoLqSUCkzCDYUgm2i8eYc4wCLfsP4-VQbkD45Wlt23yBQ$&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1637174666340000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Nq2a1CFU8kK9bIQb5PUHj">poem</a> by Deborah Landau.
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To check out Captioning the Archives, the book Aisha Sabatini Sloan created with her father, Lester Sloan, visit <a href="https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/captioning-the-archives__;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!L2YKKk0gaYqyUFwJs_s7rSeV1y-cZCMD4NKqH6m32uQyLUBAv-nq0RNPhvRJjPzmVRI$" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://store.mcsweeneys.net/products/captioning-the-archives__;!!NUnUjx3wvH5xgA!L2YKKk0gaYqyUFwJs_s7rSeV1y-cZCMD4NKqH6m32uQyLUBAv-nq0RNPhvRJjPzmVRI$&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1637082113751000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2U-HMf324N6hLW1BRD4r9w">McSweeney&rsquo;s</a>.
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This episode was sound designed and mixed by John DeLore, and mastered by Justin Shturtz.

An audio odyssey behind the scenes at the world's most legendary literary magazine. A phantasmagoric blend of stories, archival tape, and interviews with the likes of James Baldwin, Ernest Hemingway, and Dorothy Parker. Plus, the cutting-edge writers of our time.

An audio odyssey behind the scenes at the world's most legendary literary magazine. A phantasmagoric blend of stories, archival tape, and interviews with the likes of James Baldwin, Ernest Hemingway, and Dorothy Parker. Plus, the cutting-edge writers of our time.

The Paris Review

An audio odyssey behind the scenes at the world's most legendary literary magazine. A phantasmagoric blend of stories, archival tape, and interviews with the likes of James Baldwin, Ernest Hemingway, and Dorothy Parker. Plus, the cutting-edge writers of our time.

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