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3 Nobel laureates are among the writers urging France to resume evacuations from Gaza.

3 Nobel laureates are among the writers urging France to resume evacuations from Gaza.

By Dan Sheehan | September 16, 2025

On the Peace and Pleasure of Reading Books About Babies as a New Mother

On the Peace and Pleasure of Reading Books About Babies as a New Mother

Ellyn Gaydos on William Carlos Williams, Annie Ernaux, and More

By Ellyn Gaydos | August 11, 2025

The Issues 2024: Reproductive Rights Are Truly on the Ballot

The Issues 2024: Reproductive Rights Are Truly on the Ballot

Because Every American Deserves the Right to Choose

By Jonny Diamond | October 30, 2024

The 10 Best Books on Reproductive Rights

The 10 Best Books on Reproductive Rights

Annie Ernaux, Joshua Prager, Katie Watson, and More

By Catherine Habgood | October 30, 2024

Class Defectors vs. Working Class Traitors: What JD Vance Could Learn From Édouard Louis and Annie Ernaux

Class Defectors vs. Working Class Traitors: What JD Vance Could Learn From Édouard Louis and Annie Ernaux

Ann Larson and Alissa Quart on the Power of the French Sociological Memoir

By Ann Larson and Alissa Quart | September 18, 2024

“A Word About a Word Addressed to a Word.” On Embracing the Fictiveness of Fiction

“A Word About a Word Addressed to a Word.” On Embracing the Fictiveness of Fiction

For Maureen Sun Transparency Is Not Always a Virtue

By Maureen Sun | September 5, 2024

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Exteriors">Tearing Away at the Time Escaping: Lou Stoppard on Pairing Photographs with Annie Ernaux’s Exteriors

By Rebecca Bengal | May 15, 2024

How Annie Ernaux Inspired Me to Tell My Own Abortion Story

By Colombe Schneck | May 14, 2024

Annie Ernaux has joined the boycott of German cultural institutions.

By Dan Sheehan | January 11, 2024

Nine Novellas For Our Current Age of Distraction

Nine Novellas For Our Current Age of Distraction

John Fulton Recommends Max Porter, Claire Keegan, and More

By John Fulton | August 9, 2023

Alison Strayer on the Oeuvre of Annie Ernaux and Translating Her Legacy

Alison Strayer on the Oeuvre of Annie Ernaux and Translating Her Legacy

The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson">From The History of Literature Podcast with Jacke Wilson

By History of Literature | May 15, 2023

How Annie Ernaux Captures the Spirit of Her Era Through Its Big-Box Stores

How Annie Ernaux Captures the Spirit of Her Era Through Its Big-Box Stores

Look at the Lights, My Love">In Conversation with Alison L. Strayer, the Translator of Look at the Lights, My Love

By Literary Hub | April 19, 2023

A Conversation with Yuko Tsushima and Annie Ernaux"> A Passion for Living in the Present: <br

A Passion for Living in the Present: <br

A Conversation with Yuko Tsushima and Annie Ernaux">

A Conversation with Yuko Tsushima and Annie Ernaux">A Passion for Living in the Present:
A Conversation with Yuko Tsushima and Annie Ernaux

A Piece of Global Literary History Available in English For the First Time

By Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda | April 6, 2023

23 new books out today.

23 new books out today.

By Gabrielle Bellot | April 4, 2023

A Brief History of All the Women Who Have Won the Nobel Prize

A Brief History of All the Women Who Have Won the Nobel Prize

“They must represent us all; they must, with their words, illuminate the universal via the specific.”

By Jessi Haley | March 8, 2023

Between Shame, Desire, and Destiny: On the Genius of Annie Ernaux

Between Shame, Desire, and Destiny: On the Genius of Annie Ernaux

Ken Chen Considers the Work of This Year’s Nobel Laureate

By Ken Chen | December 12, 2022

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