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Longings for the Other, Longings for the Self

On how literature has long yearned for the blank slate of the foreign Other

Aug 13

Longings for the Other, Longings for the Self

Aug 13

Modiano, Hartman, and the Quest for Archival Justice

Writing As Preservation

Jul 11

Jul 11

More Not-Fully-Formed Thoughts on Literary Criticism

For my last piece, I explored a rather tone-deaf piece by Christine Smallwood on The Yale Review on the material conditions of criticism…

Jun 23

Jun 23

A Different Reviewer’s Life

Whose critiques are we reading?

Jun 14

Jun 14

To Hell With It: Yannick Haenel’s Les Renards pâles

Half novel half manifesto, Haenel’s novel guides us towards a politics of refusal.

Jan 23

To Hell With It: Yannick Haenel’s Les Renards pâles

Jan 23

Abdellah Taïa: Snapshots of Morocco

Revisiting Taïa’s modest yet grand literary debut

Jul 29, 2023

Abdellah Taïa: Snapshots of Morocco

Jul 29, 2023

Constance Debré: the Nouveau Enfant Terrible of French Literature?

I picked up a copy of Constance Debré’s Nom recently, after having heard that independent press Semiotext(e) had recently translated some…

Jun 9, 2023

Constance Debré: the Nouveau Enfant Terrible of French Literature?

Jun 9, 2023

Fatima Daas: Existence at the Intersections

A self-described intersectional feminist, Daas writes to offer a glimpse of her reality and how it connects to larger struggles of…

Jun 6, 2023

Fatima Daas: Existence at the Intersections

Jun 6, 2023

Of Pig and Men: Thomas Coop-Phane’s Le Procès du cochon

Judging an animal may seem anthropocentric and absurd to us, but to some Europeans before the Enlightenment it seemed like the right thing…

Dec 24, 2022

Of Pig and Men: Thomas Coop-Phane’s Le Procès du cochon

Dec 24, 2022

Virginie Despentes’ King Kong Theory: Feminist Theory for the Masses

Despentes’ now canonical collection of essays has made feminist theory accessible to a wide readership

Jun 22, 2022

Virginie Despentes’ King Kong Theory: Feminist Theory for the Masses

Jun 22, 2022

French Literature For All

French Literature For All

Blog dedicated to French and Francophone literature. Written and managed by a Ph.D. candidate in French literature. Contact: salvadorlopz@gmail.com

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