Paris Review #253 2025 city guide while in others she conjures

while in others she conjures up optical illusions with repeating lines and patterns

AH AH weaves together Thompson’s own black-and-white travelogue photographs

Published as an annual special edition paperback

I have arranged a constellation of images that operate like texts and texts that operate like pictures—fragmented

and Deema Assaf—contribute reflections

Paris Review #253 2025 city guide while in others she conjuresEliot Weinberger on the Art of the Essay: I have no interest in first person investigation. Personally, Ive never found myself an interesting person. Maggie Nelson on the Art of Nonfiction: Its important to notice when the spark of magic or curiosity is there and what snuffs it out, and being around too many writers, for me, snuffs it out. Prose by Anne Carson, Renny Gong, Aurora Huiza, Jordy Rosenberg, Bud Smith, and Yan Lianke. Poetry by Roque