The Paris Review Podcast Returns

LeVar Burton Reads

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Arts, Performing Arts

4.9 • 17K Ratings

🗓️ 6 November 2019

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Embark on audio adventures through The Paris Review's fiction, poetry, interviews, archival recordings, and sonic imaginings with the likes of Toni Morrison, Simone de Beauvoir, Tennessee Williams, and today's leading writers. Featuring readings and writings from Charlotte Rampling, Philip Roth, Jason Alexander, Jenny Slate, Devendra Banhart, Danez Smith, Sharon Olds, Lucille Clifton, Molly Ringwald, Salman Rushdie, and more! Season 2 of The Paris Review Podcast is out NOW -- listen wherever you get your podcasts. More info at www.theparisreview.org/podcast.

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0:00.0	Hey, y'all, love our hair. I'm bringing you a real treat this week, but first, are you listening to stories with friends?
0:08.7	It's my new podcast where I have conversations with some of my friends around a singular piece of
0:14.0	generally short fiction. If you're not listening, you really should be. You'd be missing out on
0:19.1	conversations with Lawrence Fishburn, Brent Spiner, two-time National Book Award winner,
0:23.8	Jessman Ward. It's really the literature is an excuse to talk about life and everything else.
0:30.8	That's stories with friends and you can find it on Stitcher Premium. Now, I'm excited to bring you
0:39.2	the news of a season two of one of my favorite podcasts, The Paris Review. They are here with a new
0:46.9	season ready to whisk us all the way on impressive audio adventures with their unique blend of
0:54.0	renowned fiction, poetry, and interviews, archival recordings, and sonic imaginings. I had the great
1:01.3	pleasure of being a part of season one of The Paris Review reading James Baldwin. Pretty much my
1:08.1	favorite author. What's so impressive about this show is its ability to mirror an essential part
1:14.1	of reading the Brent journal itself with each piece segwaying into the next taking you on a journey
1:21.2	that leaves ample room in the mind for surprise, for joy, and even reflection. This season features
1:28.9	Jason Alexander reading Philip Roth, what a pairing, Molly Ringwald, reading a work by rising
1:35.7	fiction star Mary Terrier, Jenny Slate, channels and Sexton. There's also archival audio from Toni
1:42.5	Morrison and many other exciting literary giants. I could go on and on about how fantastic this show is,
1:49.5	but here's a special preview clip of Jason Alexander reading an early Philip Roth story,
1:56.0	the conversion of the Jews at first appeared in The Paris Review back in 1958.
2:01.2	The conversion of the Jews, fiction by Philip Roth.
2:14.0	You're a real one for opening your mouth in the first place, Hitzie said,
2:18.5	what do you open your mouth all the time for? I didn't bring it up, it's I didn't, as he said.
2:26.6	What do you care about Jesus Christ for anyway? I didn't bring up Jesus Christ, he did.
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