Poets on Couches: Cheswayo Mphanza Reads Gerald Stern

Cheswayo Mphanza reads "Leaving Another Kingdom" by Gerald Stern. In these videograms, poets read and discuss the poems that are helping them through these strange times—broadcasting straight from their couches to yours.

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Poets on Couches: Monica Youn Reads Federico García Lorca

Monica Youn reads "Dawn" by Federico García Lorca. In this series, poets read and discuss the poems getting them through these strange times during the Covid-19 crisis.

Poets on Couches: Timothy Donnelly Reads John Ashbery

Timothy Donnelly reads "Rain Moving" by John Ashbery. In this series, poets read and discuss the poems getting them through these strange times during the Covid-19 crisis.

Poets on Couches: Shane McCrae Reads Lucie Brock-Broido

In this series from The Paris Review, poets read and discuss the poems getting them through these strange times. These readings bring intimacy into our spaces of isolation, both through the affinity of poetry and through the warmth of being able to speak to each other across the distances.

Poets on Couches: Lynn Melnick Reads Sharon Olds

Melnick reads "Lament" by Sharon Olds. In this series, poets read and discuss the poems getting them through these strange times during the Covid-19 crisis.

Poets on Couches: Natalie Shapero Reads Kay Ryan

Natalie Shapero reads "Crash" by Kay Ryan. In this series, poets read and discuss the poems getting them through these strange times during the Covid-19 crisis.

Poets on Couches: Maya C. Popa reads Lisel Mueller

Popa reads "Monet Refuses the Operation” by Lisel Mueller. In this series, poets read and discuss the poems getting them through these strange times during the Covid-19 crisis.

Poets on Couches: Stephanie Burt Reads Killarney Clary

Stephanie Burt reads “Untitled [There are more of us]” by Killarney Clary. In this series, poets read and discuss the poems getting them through these strange times during the Covid-19 crisis.

Poets on Couches: Cynthia Cruz Reads Lawrence Joseph

Cruz reads “BODY. HISTORY. EVIL. GOD. HUMAN.” by Lawrence Joseph. In this series, poets read and discuss the poems getting them through these strange times during the Covid-19 crisis.

Poets on Couches: Mark Wunderlich reads C.D. Wright

Wunderlich reads "Our Dust" by C. D. Wright. In this series, poets read and discuss the poems getting them through these strange times during the Covid-19 crisis.

Karl Ove Knausgaard’s First Time

Karl Ove Knausgaard discusses his first book, ‘Ute av verden’ (Out of the World). Part of ‘The Paris Review’'s “My First Time” video interview series.

Akhil Sharma’s First Time

Akhil Sharma discusses his first book, “An Obedient Father.” Part of The Paris Review’s “My First Time” video interview series.

Vivian Gornick’s First Time

Vivian Gornick discusses her first book, “In Search of Ali Mahmoud: an American Woman in Egypt.” Part of The Paris Review’s “My First Time” video interview series.

Helen DeWitt’s First Time

Helen DeWitt discusses her first novel, “The Last Samurai.” Part of The Paris Review’s “My First Time” video interview series.

Jeffrey Eugenides’s First Time

Jeffrey Eugenides discusses his first novel, “The Virgin Suicides.” Part of The Paris Review’s “My First Time” video interview series.

Katori Hall’s First Time

Katori Hall discusses her first play, “Hoodoo Love.” Part of The Paris Review’s “My First Time” video interview series.

Ben Lerner’s First Time

Ben Lerner discusses his first book of poetry, “The Lichtenberg Figures.” Part of The Paris Review’s “My First Time” video interview series.

Tao Lin’s First Time

Tao Lin discusses his first book, “Bed.” Part of The Paris Review’s “My First Time” video interview series.

Sheila Heti’s First Time

Sheila Heti discusses her first book, “The Middle Stories.” Part of The Paris Review’s “My First Time” video interview series.

Christine Schutt’s First Time

Christine Schutt discusses her first collection of stories, “Nightwork.” Part of The Paris Review’s “My First Time” video interview series.

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s First Time

Branden Jacobs-Jenkins discusses his first play, “Neighbors.” Part of The Paris Review’s “My First Time” video interview series.

Gabrielle Bell’s First Time

Gabrielle Bell discusses her first book. Part of The Paris Review’s “My First Time” video interview series.

J. Robert Lennon’s First Time

J. Robert Lennon discusses his first book, “The Light of Falling Stars.” Part of The Paris Review’s “My First Time” video interview series.

George Plimpton on the History of The Paris Review

From the original Paris Review website that launched in 1996, founding editor George Plimpton on the history of the Paris Review.

A “Hello” from George Plimpton

From the original Paris Review website that launched in 1996, an introductory video from founding editor George Plimpton.

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