Criticism/Memoir
The Beauty of Paris by Malik Wilson
Spring 2026
Men and women from the world over have been seduced by Paris' quiet, sensuous call. Whether rich or poor, king or pauper, so many have felt the stir, have been assuaged, consoled, brought to bear. In The Call of Paris, Malik tells his own story - 5 week-long trips alone as a young man, and how the city's speech, its very grammar, unfolded and changed him. Ernest Hemingway noted that to be "in Paris as a young man, it stays with you, because Paris is a movable feast." How it moves, and how the feast beguiles, is the subject of this short memoir.