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Balzac Tried to Buy a Waistcoat for Every Day of the Year (and Other Revelations of Parisian Fashion)

Balzac Tried to Buy a Waistcoat for Every Day of the Year (and Other Revelations of Parisian Fashion)

On the Absurd and Wonderful Sartorial Habits of a Great Writer

By Valerie Steele | September 11, 2017

Retracing Willa Cather's Steps in the South of France

Retracing Willa Cather's Steps in the South of France

Marcia DeSanctis Looks for Traces of Cather in Le Lavandou

By Marcia DeSanctis | August 18, 2017

How to Find Michel de Montaigne's Estate (Or Get Hopelessly Lost Trying)

How to Find Michel de Montaigne's Estate (Or Get Hopelessly Lost Trying)

Essay">When a Pilgrimage Becomes its Own Kind of Essay

By Erica Trabold | August 15, 2017

From Squalor to Salon: The Amazing, Improbable Life of Emma Reyes

From Squalor to Salon: The Amazing, Improbable Life of Emma Reyes

Daniel Alarcón Traces the Journey of a Great Colombian Artist

By Daniel Alarcon | August 8, 2017

Reading Houellebecq in the Midst of the French Elections

Reading Houellebecq in the Midst of the French Elections

How Art Can Hasten a Macabre Moral Shift and Legitimate Prejudice

By Rafia Zakaria | May 5, 2017

A New $10,000 Literary Award Determined by Online Popular Vote

A New $10,000 Literary Award Determined by Online Popular Vote

The Albertine Prize, aka, Which French Novel Should You Read Next?

By Emily Temple | March 16, 2017

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A Real-Life Fitzgerald Hero, Too True for the Jazz Age

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By Rachel Hall | August 19, 2016

I’m Supposed to Protect You from All This

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On the Politics of Europe’s New Literary Superstars

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By Ane Farsethas | August 3, 2016

Édouard Louis: The Family is a Curse

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A Moment of Violence and Vengeance at the Dinner Table

By Edouard Louis | August 3, 2016

I Squatted James Baldwin's House in Order to Save It

I Squatted James Baldwin's House in Order to Save It

Shannon Cain on Preserving a Literary Legend's Last Address

By Shannon Cain | July 14, 2016

Martin Walker on the Origin of the Inspector Bruno Series

Martin Walker on the Origin of the Inspector Bruno Series

Finding Inspiration and Mystery in an Ancient French Valley

By Martin Walker | June 21, 2016

Ulysses">The Horrors and Pleasures of Translating <emUlysses">

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Finding the Polylingual Pleasures of Joyce's Prose in French Translation

By Keri Walsh | June 16, 2016

Five Necessary French Books You Should Read

Five Necessary French Books You Should Read

Dominque Fabre on the Writers He Can't Stop Revisiting

By Dominique Fabre | March 18, 2016

Exploring Patrick Modiano's Paris

Exploring Patrick Modiano's Paris

Of Memoryscapes and Lost Time

By Debarati Sanyal | September 28, 2015

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