[2] Under Stein's editorship, The Paris Review won two National Magazine Awards—the first in the category of Essays and Criticism (2011), and the second for General Excellence (2013).

[4] After brief tenures as a contributing editor at Might and Publishers Weekly, Stein was hired by Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1998 as an editorial assistant.

In October 2017 the Paris Review board started an internal investigation which heard complaints from 'at least two female writers' alleging 'negative encounters' with Stein.

[2] It was reported in the New York Times that Stein 'often complimented women on their appearance and suggested they invite attractive friends to [Paris Review] parties'.

[2] In his letter of resignation, he wrote: "I blurred the personal and the professional in ways that were, I now recognize, disrespectful of my colleagues and our contributors, and that made them feel uncomfortable or demeaned.

[10] In March 2018, an article in Harper's Magazine argued that Stein had been a target of false rumors and that his case was an example of "implausibility and rationalization" in the #MeToo movement.