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Paris Review Poets from the Fifties

The Hollow in the Stone; Once in Spring; Daylight; Before the May Fair

by W.S. Merwin

The Paris Review, Spring 1999, pp. 61-63

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    1. Notice, pp. 28-29
    2. In the Belly of the Cat by Daniel S. Libman, pp. 30-44
    3. Paris Review Poets from the Fifties by Richard Howard, p. 45
    4. Some Exaggerations; About My Poems by Ghalib, pp. 46-47
    5. Maison d'aujourd'hui by Donald Hall, pp. 48-49
    6. To Donald Hall; Hope; En revenant d'auvergne; A Mutual Flame by John Hollander, pp. 50-54
    7. Lies; Dedication; Missing Arthur by Philip Levine, pp. 55-60
    8. The Hollow in the Stone; Once in Spring; Daylight; Before the May Fair by W.S. Merwin, pp. 61-63
    9. Cloclo; St. Louis, Missouri; James Baldwin in Paris by Frederick Seidel, pp. 64-67
    10. Elsewhere by Richard Wilbur, p. 68
    11. Buom by Phoenix Nguyen, pp. 69-115
    12. Three Poems by Priscilla Becker, pp. 116-118
    13. Three Poems by Eliza Griswold Allen, pp. 119-123
    14. Two Poems by Rebecca Wolff, pp. 124-126
    15. The King Will Ride by Stephen Clark, pp. 127-135
    16. Interview by William Styron, pp. 136-150
    17. The Yearbook by Ron Nyren, pp. 151-169
    18. Orizaba by Robert Devlin, pp. 170-171
    19. Two Poems by Jessica Grant, pp. 172-174
    20. Two Poems by Cate Marvin, pp. 175-177
    21. Two Poems by Dabney Stuart, pp. 178-180
    22. Washerbaum the Crestfallen by Tim Mizelle, pp. 181-185
    23. Interview by Peter Matthiessen, pp. 186-215
    24. Bone by Bone by Peter Matthiessen, pp. 216-221
    25. Four Poems by Robert Phillips, pp. 222-228
    26. Three Poems by Melanie Rehak, pp. 229-230
    27. Three Poems by Vincent Hamilton, pp. 231-233
    28. Interview by Ned Rorem, pp. 234-257
    29. The Infiltrator by Said Shirazi, pp. 258-265
    30. Postwar Paris: Chronicles of Literary Life, pp. 266-366
    31. Notes on Contributors, pp. 367-382
    32. Art by Guy Peellaert
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    Summer 1999 Issue = 42 Articles
    1. The Tale of the Unknown Island by Jose Saramago, pp. 16-32
    2. Three Poems by Anne Carson, pp. 33-34
    3. Three Poems by Terese Svoboda, pp. 35-36
    4. Professor Albert Einstein by Michael Benedikt, pp. 37-42
    5. Atlanta by Campbell McGrath, pp. 43-44
    6. The Eternal Language of the Hands by Gary Fincke, pp. 45-46
    7. Little Death by Peter Davison, p. 47
    8. Interview by Shelby Foote, pp. 48-91
    9. Prayers by Mary Gordon, pp. 92-95
    10. What I Meant to Say Before I Said 'So Long' by Martha Silano, pp. 96-98
    11. Open Letter to Alberto Moravia by Peg Boyers, pp. 99-101
    12. Three Poems by Annmarie Drury, pp. 102-105
    13. Women Harvesting: Virgins, Widows, Wives by Robin Davidson, pp. 106-107
    14. Coach Class Seats by Charles H. Webb, p. 108
    15. Art by Vik Muniz, pp. 109-113
    16. The Intervention by Kate Walbert, pp. 114-125
    17. The Shorter Aeneid by William Logan, pp. 126-136
    18. Three Poems by Christian Nagle, pp. 137-141
    19. Interview by Robert Fagles, pp. 142-164
    20. The Motto by Kenneth Rosen, p. 165
    21. Three Poems by Kay Ryan, pp. 166-168
    22. Stunted Gardens by Molly Bendall, p. 169
    23. For Keats, After Keats by Corey Marks, pp. 170-173
    24. White Iris by Donald Platt, pp. 174-176
    25. Two Poems by Constance Urdang, pp. 177-178
    26. Mud by Rosanna Warren, pp. 179-180
    27. Sestina by Albert Goldbarth, pp. 181-182
    28. Tugboat Syndrome by Jonathan Lethem, pp. 183-210
    29. Como Conversazione, pp. 211-240
    30. O Orpheus by D. Gregory Griffith, p. 241
    31. Two Poems by Derick Burleson, pp. 242-245
    32. On the General Principles of Knot-Tying by Anthony Deaton, pp. 246-247
    33. Two Poems by Malcolm Farley, pp. 248-249
    34. Two Poems by Irving Feldman, pp. 250-251
    35. Two Poems by Dorothea Tanning, pp. 252-253
    36. Two Poems by Shawn Sturgeon, pp. 254-256
    37. Footwork by Renee Weiss and Theodore Weiss, pp. 257-259
    38. In the Air by Noah Hawley, pp. 260-272
    39. Art by Nicola Tyson, pp. 273-277
    40. W.G. Sebald: A Profile by James Atlas, pp. 278-295
    41. Notes on Contributors, pp. 296-306
    42. Art by Catherine Murphy
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    1. My Century by Gunter Grass, pp. 16-27
    2. Tattoos by J.D. McClatchy, pp. 28-37
    3. Travel by Baron Wormser, p. 38
    4. The Butterfly Effect by Billy Collins, p. 39
    5. Interview by Tahar ben Jelloun, pp. 40-78
    6. Ghazai by Daniel Hall, p. 79
    7. Two Poems by Brian Swann, pp. 80-81
    8. The Orphanage by Nicholas Christopher, p. 82
    9. Elegy for a Boyhood Lover Slain in Battle by Alex Halberstadt, pp. 83-84
    10. V by Larry Bradley, pp. 85-86
    11. Two Poems by John Drury, pp. 87-88
    12. Wittgenstein's Ladder by David Lehman, pp. 89-92
    13. Art by Ashley Bickerton, pp. 93-98
    14. Art by Anthony Haden-Guest, pp. 99-107
    15. La Belle Dame sans Merci by Jane Avrich, pp. 108-122
    16. The Last Book by Robert Richman, pp. 123-124
    17. Three Poems by Richard Meier, pp. 125-127
    18. Three Poems by Barbara Hamby, pp. 128-132
    19. Elegy for the Poet's Nephew Arif by Andrew McCord, pp. 133-134
    20. Three Poems by Nathaniel Bellows, pp. 135-137
    21. Interview by David McCullough, pp. 138-160
    22. Innocents Abroad by Quentin Rowan, pp. 161-178
    23. The Days and Nights of a Collector by Richard Brown Baker, pp. 179-190
    24. Ghazai: The Nightingale by Sharon Bryan, p. 191
    25. Escape by Tom Huey, p. 192
    26. Two Poems by Brian Henry, pp. 193-194
    27. Two Poems by Sarah Messer, pp. 195-198
    28. Career Switch by Bob Hicok, pp. 199-200
    29. Jane in the Box by Barbara Fischer, pp. 201-202
    30. Two Poems of a Voyeur by Jason Fales, pp. 203-204
    31. On Purning by Allison Funk, p. 205
    32. What You Usually Find in Novels by Anton Chekhov, pp. 206-207
    33. Interview by Arthur Miller, pp. 208-224
    34. My Grandfather's Tale of How Crab-o Lost His Head by Robert Antoni, pp. 225-254
    35. Notes on Contributors, pp. 255-266
    36. Art by Gary Hume
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    1. O Lost by Thomas Wolfe, pp. 14-33
    2. City of God by E.L. Doctorow, pp. 34-43
    3. The Royal Prayer by Ismail Kadare, pp. 44-47
    4. Ghostwritten by David Mitchell, pp. 48-50
    5. Two Poems by Robert Bly, pp. 51-52
    6. Her Father's Coat: Anna Freud, 1982 by Susan Wood, pp. 53-55
    7. Two Poems by Sarah Getty, pp. 56-60
    8. Two Poems by Olena Kalytiak Davis, pp. 61-63
    9. Rocca Maggiore by Katharine Coles, pp. 64-65
    10. Interview by August Wilson, pp. 66-94
    11. Funktionslust by Melissa Pritchard, pp. 95-108
    12. Two Poems by Grace Schulman, pp. 109-111
    13. Undiscovered Country by James Longenbach, pp. 112-116
    14. Two Poems by Ronald Wallace, pp. 117-118
    15. Two Poems by Shirley Kaufman, pp. 119-120
    16. Six Poems by Tony Sanders, pp. 121-126
    17. Two Poems by Ansie Baird, pp. 127-128
    18. Cuisine by Star Black, p. 129
    19. Three Minutes or Less, pp. 130-158
    20. Art by Kara Walker, pp. 159-163
    21. Life is over There by Andrew Sean Greer, pp. 164-174
    22. Four Poems by Marie Ponsot, pp. 175-179
    23. Two Poems by Philip Nikolayev, pp. 180-181
    24. Three Poems by E.J. McAdams, pp. 182-185
    25. Delaware Dumpster by Robert Devlin, pp. 186-187
    26. Wild Bamboo, Late August by Joyce Carol Oates, pp. 188-189
    27. Three Poems by Jennifer Anna Gosetti, pp. 190-191
    28. Interview by Mavis Gallant, pp. 192-211
    29. Old Birds by Bernard Cooper, pp. 212-219
    30. The Luminists by Lawrence Raab, p. 220
    31. The Shock by Jonathan Galassi, p. 221
    32. Three Poems by Timothy Donnelly, pp. 222-226
    33. First Night at Hawthornden Castle by Richard Robbins, pp. 227-228
    34. Dark Secrets, Erotic Words and Glances by Ned O'Gorman, pp. 229-230
    35. Bondage by Molly McQuade, pp. 231-233
    36. Fragment (found inside my mother) by Nick Flynn, pp. 234-236
    37. Growing up with Edmund Wilson and Mary McCarthy by Reuel K. Wilson, pp. 237-251
    38. Notes on Contributors, pp. 252-262
    39. Art by Kim Dingle
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