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The Paris Review Magazine – Summer 1981, No. 80 “Donald Barthelme” – No Label, VG
This Summer 1981 issue of The Paris Review, Number 80, features two landmark interviews: Donald Barthelme in The Art of Fiction LXVI and Elizabeth Bishop in The Art of Poetry XXVII. This issue also celebrates Frank Bidart as the inaugural winner of the Bernard F. Conners Poetry Prize for his powerful long poem The War of Vaslav Nijinsky.
The magazine is in very good condition, with minor wear on edges and no mailing label. A strong collectible in excellent shape for its age. See detailed photos for condition reference.
Contents include:
INTERVIEWS
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Donald Barthelme – The Art of Fiction LXVI – p. 180
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Elizabeth Bishop – The Art of Poetry XXVII – p. 56
FEATURE
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Betty Eppes – What I Did Last Summer – p. 221
FICTION
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Reinaldo Arenas – The Parade Ends – p. 96
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Stephen Dixon – Gifts – p. 211
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Tama Janowitz – American Dad – p. 141
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Hans Koning – The Klieber Avenue Communion – p. 18
ART
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Vernon Fisher – Four Stories – p. 85
POETRY
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Frank Bidart – The War of Vaslav Nijinsky – p. 26
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Paul Celan – Conversation in the Mountains – p. 215
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Joyce Carol Oates – Two Poems – p. 129
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Heather McHugh – Three Poems – p. 133
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Gerald Stern – Five Poems – p. 119
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Robert Pinsky – The Saving – p. 139
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Charles Wright – The Southern Cross – p. 165
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Plus poems by Jonathan Galassi, Carol Conroy, Reginald Gibbons, Paul Zweig
Prize Note:
Frank Bidart was awarded The Bernard F. Conners Poetry Prize for his poem The War of Vaslav Nijinsky.
Artwork Details:
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Frontispiece by William Pène du Bois
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Cover by Robert Zakanitch – Untitled, watercolor on paper, 1981
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Table of Contents Illustration by Steve Gianakos – Which Girl is Dead, ink and watercolor on paper, 1978
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