Olivia Kan-Sperling

New York

Assistant Editor at The Paris Review

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Nadja and Britney by Sophie Haigney and Olivia Kan-Sperling

5 days ago | flipboard.com | Sophie Haigney |Olivia Kan-Sperling

US envoy says France can 'carve' Palestinian state out of French RivieraThe US ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, said that there is 'no such thing as an occupation' when it comes to the Palestinian territories, and …
Nadja and Britney

5 days ago | theparisreview.org | Sophie Haigney |Olivia Kan-Sperling

By Sophie Haigney and Olivia Kan-Sperling June 2, 2025 Each month, we comb through dozens of soon-to-be-published books, for ideas and good writing for the Review’s site. Often we’re struck by particular paragraphs or sentences from the galleys that stack up on our desks and spill over onto our shelves. We sometimes share them with each other on Slack, and we thought, for a change, that we might share them with you.
Is Harmony Korine’s ‘Baby Invasion’ Just Plain Bad?

1 week ago | artreview.com | Olivia Kan-Sperling

The ‘bad-boy’ director’s latest film is a torrent of non-stop violence that fails to add up to an aesthetic vision greater than the sum of its parts I saw Baby Invasion (2024) on a Friday night at a good-size music venue in New York. The event was advertised as a ‘first-of-its-kind’ screening event, a ‘live remix’ in which Korine would ‘apply DJ techniques to feature film’. People came expecting a party. But once inside the venue, the seating arrangement seemed more suitable to a chamber orchestra.
Souvenirs by Sophie Haigney and Olivia Kan-Sperling

1 month ago | theparisreview.org | Sophie Haigney |Olivia Kan-Sperling

By Sophie Haigney and Olivia Kan-Sperling May 1, 2025 Each month, we comb through dozens of soon-to-be-published books, for ideas and good writing for the Review’s site. Often we’re struck by particular paragraphs or sentences from the galleys that stack up on our desks and spill over onto our shelves. We sometimes share them with each other on Slack, and we thought, for a change, that we might share them with you.
What Stirs the Life in You? The Garden Asks - The Paris Review

2 months ago | theparisreview.org | Sophie Haigney |Olivia Kan-Sperling

By Sophie Haigney and Olivia Kan-Sperling April 3, 2025 Each month, we comb through dozens of soon-to-be-published books, for ideas and good writing for the Review’s site. Often we’re struck by particular paragraphs or sentences from the galleys that stack up on our desks and spill over onto our shelves. We sometimes share them with each other on Slack, and we thought, for a change, that we might share them with you.
Accurate Models of Reality - The Paris Review

Mar 4, 2025 | theparisreview.org | Sophie Haigney |Olivia Kan-Sperling

By Sophie Haigney and Olivia Kan-Sperling March 4, 2025 Each month, we comb through dozens of soon-to-be-published books, for ideas and good writing for the Review’s site. Often we’re struck by particular paragraphs or sentences from the galleys that stack up on our desks and spill over onto our shelves. We sometimes share them with each other on Slack, and we thought, for a change, that we might share them with you.
Surface Compressions. Coumba Samba

Feb 26, 2025 | flash---art.com | Olivia Kan-Sperling

What is “raw material” in an age of ready-mades? For Coumba Samba, it is color. Her show “Red Gas” (2024) at Arcadia Missa, London, interprets diplomacy as a play of surfaces: her sole reference is a photo, taken in June of 2023, that shows Russian president Vladimir Putin shaking hands with then-president of Senegal Macky Sall. They stand on a big blue carpet. The carpet could be anywhere; it happens to be installed in a convention center in St. Petersburg called Expoforum.
We Are Meek and We Shall Inherit No Earth - The Paris Review

Feb 3, 2025 | theparisreview.org | Sophie Haigney |Olivia Kan-Sperling

By Sophie Haigney and Olivia Kan-Sperling February 3, 2025 Each month, we comb through dozens of soon-to-be-published books, for ideas and good writing for the Review’s site. Often we’re struck by particular paragraphs or sentences from the galleys that stack up on our desks and spill over onto our shelves. We sometimes share them with each other on Slack, and we thought, for a change, that we might share them with you.
A Pretty Girl, a Novel with Voices, and Ring-Tailed Lemurs

Nov 4, 2024 | theparisreview.org | Sophie Haigney |Olivia Kan-Sperling

By Sophie Haigney and Olivia Kan-Sperling November 1, 2024 Each month, we comb through dozens of soon-to-be-published books, for ideas and good writing for the Review’s site. Often, we’re struck by particular paragraphs or sentences from the galleys that stack up on our desks and spill over onto our shelves. We often share them with each other on Slack, and we thought, for a change, that we might share them with you.
NewJeans Listening Instructions

Oct 17, 2024 | hommegirls.com | Olivia Kan-Sperling

Or why the perfect day starts — and ends ☀ with everyone's favorite K-pop phenom. ♥ Photography Siyoung SongStyling Yumi ChoiFrom left, on Hanni, Haerin, Hyein, Danielle and Minji: KIKO KOSTADINOVBy Olivia Kan-SperlingDear Reader,The first thing I’d like you to do is to imagine a voice reading these words to you. A voice that is cool, but also warm; soft, sweet, but also sparkly.