The Paris Review

Despite The Paris Review’s relatively small circulation, it has an outsized influence in publishing. Founded in Paris in 1953 by George Plimpton, Peter Matthiessen and Harold L. Humes, the publication has catapulted the careers of writers like Rick Moody, Jack Kerouac, Philip Roth and Adrienne Rich. The magazine is overseen by a board of literary and publishing elites, including its president, Terry McDonell, a former top magazine editor; the novelist Jeffrey Eugenides; and Mona Simpson, an author.