The Paris Review No. 190 Fall 2009

Preview issue no. 190 at theparisreview.org. James Ellroy on his novels: “If you’re confused about something in one of my books, you’ve just got to realize, Ellroy’s a master, and if I’m not following it, it’s my problem.” Frederick Seidel on the Art of Poetry: “I like to hear the sound of form, and I like to hear the sound of it breaking.” New stories by Sam Shepard, Richard Powers, and Mark Slouka. Streetscapes from fifties New York. A dispatch from North Korea from Barbara Demick. Plus poems from Elizabeth Arnold and Timothy Donnelly and newly translated work by Rainer Maria Rilke.