Summary: On this Lit Show, Joe Fassler speaks with Lorin Stein and Sadie Stein–the Editor and Deputy Editor of the Paris Review–about their new fiction anthology. In order to create Object Lessons: The Paris Review Presents the Art of the Short Story, the editors turned to 20 distinguished masters of the form. They asked each author to consult the the venerable magazine’s 60-year archive, choose a favorite fiction, and introduce it for the book. The result? A collection that’s diverse and freewheeling, ungoverned by any dominant aesthetic or approach. Lorin Stein and Sadie Stein discussed the process of assembling Object Lessons; the book’s many takeaways for writers, young and old; and the short story’s ongoing importance in the literary arts. Joe Fassler conducted this interview from the Paris Review offices in New York.
