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| "Our generation grew up with the Review as a fact of life. It was America’s literary magazine. To our minds, it still is. It has launched our favorite writers. It has made a special claim for the quarterly as such, being both timely and lasting, free of the news of the day or the pressure to please a crowd. Most of all, the Review has shown, repeatedly, that works of imagination can be as stylish and urgent as the flashiest feature reporting, and can do more to refocus our picture of the world." |
| —Lorin Stein, The Paris Review, Fall 2010 |
Lorin Stein was named editor of The Paris Review in April 2010. He oversaw a redesign of the magazine's print edition and its website, both of which were met with critical acclaim. In September 2010, the Review made available online its entire archive of interviews.
In 2012, The Paris Review announced the publication of its latest anthology, Object Lessons. The book, available in October 2012, comprises a selection of twenty short stories from The Paris Review's archive, each with an introduction by a contemporary author. Contributors include Jeffrey Eugenides (with an introduction to a story by Denis Johnson), Lydia Davis (with an introduction to a story by Jane Bowles), and Ali Smith (with an introduction to a story by Lydia Davis). It promises to be an "indispensable resource for writers, students, and anyone else who wants to understand fiction from a writer’s point of view." As Stein explains:
- Some chose classics. Some chose stories that were new even to us. Our hope is that this collection will be useful to young writers, and to others interested in literary technique. Most of all, it is intended for readers who are not (or are no longer) in the habit of reading short stories. We hope these object lessons will remind them how varied the form can be, how vital it remains, and how much pleasure it can give.
On October 8, 2012, the magazine launched its app for the iPad and iPhone. Developed by Atavist, the app includes access to new issues, rare back issues, and archival collections from its fiction and poetry sections—along with the complete interview series and the Paris Review Daily.
The current staff of The Paris Review includes Nicole Rudick (Managing Editor), Sadie Stein (Deputy Editor), Stephen Andrew Hiltner (Associate Editor), Robyn Creswell (Poetry Editor), Charlotte Strick (Art Editor) and John Jeremiah Sullivan (Southern Editor). Their goal is to rededicate the magazine to its original mission of promoting "fiction, poetry, belles lettres, essays."
In June we started an online arts gazette called The Paris Review Daily. But the core of our business, as long as I'm editor, is going to be putting out a paper magazine. We want the reader to be absorbed. It's not a thing to skim; it's a thing to read and to really get lost in. It's a refuge.
— Lorin Stein, September 2010
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