Unprofessionals

<b>A dispatch from the front lines of literature. <b>--<i>The Atlantic</i></b> <p/><i>The Unprofessionals </i>is 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 (<i>Time</i>)</b> <p/>For more than half a century the<i> Paris Review </i>has 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. <p/><i>The Unprofessionals </i>collects pieces from the new iteration of the <i>Paris Review </i>by 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 <i>must-know</i> voices in the modern literary scene.