The Paris Review
On the RoadThe Paris Review is a literary journal named in the book’s publication history as the first venue for excerpts from two chapters of Book One. The note documents the work’s passage into print before book publication, while identifying the excerpts by a shared title rather than by the book’s eventual chapter titles.
Publication History
The publication note states that parts of Chapters 12 and 73 of Book One appeared in The Paris Review under the title “The Mexican Girl.” It distinguishes this appearance from two other excerpt publications: material from Book Three appeared in New World Writing (Seven) as “Jazz of the Beat Generation,” and an excerpt from Book Four appeared in New Directions 16 as “A Billowy Trip in the World.”
Relationship to the Book
The journal’s documented connection is editorial and bibliographic: it presented selected portions of Book One before their inclusion in the complete work. The evidence identifies neither the length of the excerpts nor their publication date, and it does not describe the journal’s editors, contributors, or broader operations. The shared magazine title “The Mexican Girl” gives the appearance a distinct identity in the publication record, but the note does not explain its selection or its relation to the chapters’ subjects.
