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The Paris review: The art of fiction

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The Paris Review is a literary journal founded in Paris in 1953, that later moved to New York. They have an online archive with interviews with writers, organised by decade and called The Art of Fiction, or The art of Poetry, etc. The interviews are fairly extensive and usually start with the description of the place where they were done, the number of sessions they took, the way the writer review the final text, etc. There are many names I do not know and I small number that I know, either because they are so famous or because I have actually read some of their books. And there are some books I have read out of the curiosity these interviews rose.

Just for Gabriel, here is the link to the interview with Jorge Luis Borges


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  1. Gabriel J. Gil PérezMarch 28, 2017 at 3:27 AM

    This is so great... I will read as soon as possible. Thank you very much, Claudia.

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