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Kiss and Tell

by Marina Tsvetaeva ,

From a letter written by Marina Tsvetaeva to Boris Pasternak in 1927. Tsvetaeva (1892–1941) was a poet. The letter was included in the February issue of the PN Review. Translated…

The Seven-Year Itch

by Patrick Leigh Fermor ,

From a letter written by Patrick Leigh Fermor to Enrica Soma in 1961. Soma was a model and ballerina, and the wife of the director John Huston. Fermor was the…

Churl Next Door

by Marcel Proust ,

From letters that Marcel Proust wrote to his neighbors Marie and Charles Williams between 1908 and 1916, while he lived at 102 Boulevard Haussmann, in Paris. Charles Williams owned a…

Aline & Bob

by R. Crumb ,

In troubles with money

The Notes of Patrick Modiano

by Peter De Jonge ,

A young writer finds his voice on the radio

The Lightness

by Catherine Meurisse ,

A Charlie Hebdo cartoonist finds refuge from terror

Blanket Security

by Thomas Chatterton Williams ,

By Thomas Chatterton Williams. Williams is the author of the memoir Losing My Cool, published by Penguin Press in 2010.

Djamel Beghal (detail)

The Ultimate Terrorist Factory

by Scott Sayare ,

Are French prisons incubating extremism?

Introducing the January Issue

by Christopher Cox ,

Alan Lightman, John Darnielle, Art Spiegelman, Anne Carson, and more.

Power in Paris

by Rebecca Solnit ,

Can the earth be saved by bureaucrats in long meetings, reciting jargon and acronyms while surrounded by leaning towers of documents? That is what’s supposed to happen in France this…