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Redux: Collectors of Clippings

Every week, the editors of The Paris Review lift the paywall on a selection of interviews, stories, poems, and more from the magazine’s archive. You can have these unlocked pieces delivered straight to your inbox every Sunday by signing up for the Redux newsletter.

Toni Morrison. Photo: Angela Radulescu.

meets : our summer subscription deal continues! To celebrate, we’re taking a dive into of our archives for this week’s, paired with her 2001 essay “ ”; Mary McCarthy’s , paired with her 1972 essay “”; and Ernest Hemingway’s , paired with George Plimpton’s 1980 reminiscing about this interview.

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