{"product_id":"the-unprofessionals-isbn-9780143128472","title":"The Unprofessionals","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A dispatch from the front lines of literature.\" \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Unprofessionals \u003c\/i\u003eis an energetic collection celebrating the bold writers at the forefront of today’s literary world—featuring stories, essays, and poems from “America’s greatest literary journal” (\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eFor more than half a century, the\u003ci\u003e Paris Review \u003c\/i\u003ehas launched some of the most exciting new literary voices, from Philip Roth to David Foster Wallace. But rather than trading on nostalgia, the storied journal continues to search outside the mainstream for the most exciting emerging writers. Harmonizing a timeless literary feel with impeccable modern taste, its pages are vivid proof that the best of today’s writing more than upholds the lofty standards that built the magazine’s reputation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Unprofessionals \u003c\/i\u003ecollects pieces from the new iteration of the \u003ci\u003eParis Review \u003c\/i\u003eby contemporary writers who treat their art not as a profession, but as a calling. Some, like Zadie Smith, Ben Lerner, and John Jeremiah Sullivan, are already major literary presences, while others, like Emma Cline, Benjamin Nugent, and Ottessa Moshfegh, will soon be household names. A master class in contemporary writing across genres, this collection introduces the \u003ci\u003emust-know\u003c\/i\u003e voices in the modern literary scene.\u003cb\u003eFICTION\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ottessa Moshfegh, \u003ci\u003eA Dark and Winding Road\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Angela Flournoy, \u003ci\u003eLelah\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ben Lerner, \u003ci\u003eFalse Spring\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Amie Barrodale,\u003ci\u003e William Wei\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Peter Orner, \u003ci\u003eFoley’s Pond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Emma Cline, \u003ci\u003eMarion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e April Ayers Lawson, \u003ci\u003eVirgin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Atticus Lish, \u003ci\u003eJimmy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Matt Sumell, \u003ci\u003eToast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Benjamin Nugent, \u003ci\u003eGod\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Garth Greenwell, \u003ci\u003eGospodar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Zadie Smith, \u003ci\u003eMiss Adele Amidst the Corsets\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePOETRY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ben Lerner,\u003ci\u003e No Art\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Nick Laird, \u003ci\u003eXY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brenda Shaughnessy, \u003ci\u003eLife’s Work\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Rowan Ricardo Phillips, \u003ci\u003eOver the Counties of Kings and Queens Came the Second Idea\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jana Prikryl, \u003ci\u003eA Place as Good as Any\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Monica Youn, \u003ci\u003eMarch of the Hanged Men\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Ishion Hutchinson, \u003ci\u003eThe Difference\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brian Blanchfield, \u003ci\u003eSmalltown Lift\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dorothea Lasky, \u003ci\u003ePorn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Cathy Park Hong, \u003ci\u003eTrouble in Mind\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dan Chiasson, \u003ci\u003eBicentennial\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kevin Young, from \u003ci\u003eWinehouse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Craig Teicher, \u003ci\u003eWhy Poetry: A Partial Autobiography\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sylvie Baumgartel, \u003ci\u003eGramercy Park\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eNONFICTION\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e John Jeremiah Sullivan, \u003ci\u003eMr Lytle: An Essay\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Sarah Manguso, \u003ci\u003eShort Days\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Davy Rothbart, \u003ci\u003eHuman Snowball\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Kristin Dombek, \u003ci\u003eLetter from Williamsburg\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e J. 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But don’t be surprised—or disappointed—to encounter the work of very successful pros, too, from Zadie Smith and Ben Lerner to Dan Chiasson and John Jeremiah Sullivan.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In presenting writing like this, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review \u003c\/i\u003ehas fashioned a valuable correction to the prevailing notion that a writer's success can only be gauged by megabucks contracts, media attention, and multiple printings.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eElle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Like a beautifully unified concept album...\u003ci\u003eThe Unprofessionals\u003c\/i\u003e lulls readers away from the conventional and everyday with its limpid prose and toward the edge of some psychological abyss.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e-Sam Sacks, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Good writers are always beginners, unprofessionals, driven by desire: ears open, vision wiped clean. 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