Prose by Lakiesha Carr, Will Arbery, and Annie Ernaux.
Poetry by Dorothea Lasky, Christian Bök, and Monica Sok.
Art by Frida Orupabo and Birdie Lusch.
"The Paris Review hopes to emphasize creative work—fiction and poetry—not to the exclusion of criticism, but with the aim in mind of merely removing criticism from the dominating place it holds in most literary magazines. […] I think The Paris Review should welcome these people into its pages: the good writers and good poets, the non-drumbeaters and non-axe-grinders. So long as they're good." - William Styron, the inaugural issue's stated aim.