Books

Yanick Lahens: In the Belly of Port-au-Prince

After Moonbath, prefaced by American writer Russell Banks, the Haitian author’s novel Sweet Undoings was recently published in English in the United States. This […]

By Sophie Joubert
| January 25, 2023

Portrait

Pierre Singaravélou: History from the Perspective of the Colonized

In 2017, French historian Pierre Singaravélou took part in the Histoire mondiale de la France project, a publishing success that questioned the national […]

By Sophie Joubert
| December 14, 2022

Books

Annie Ernaux & Edouard Louis: Writing as a Political Act

In a twist of scheduling fate, the books of two French authors who have made their social backgrounds the main inspiration for their writing […]

By Sophie Joubert
| October 6, 2022

Culture

The Camargo Foundation, a Refuge on the French Riviera

Created in 1971 by American filmmaker and philanthropist Jerome Hill at his home in Cassis, France, this foundation welcomes artists and researchers from across […]

By Sophie Joubert
| October 6, 2022

Books

Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse: In Memory of a “Severed Country”

Born in Butare, Rwanda, in 1979, Beata Umubyeyi Mairesse arrived in France in 1994 after living through the Tutsi genocide. The poet and author […]

By Sophie Joubert
| September 29, 2022

Books

Sylvain Pattieu: “France Does Have a Racial History”

French historian and novelist Sylvain Pattieu has just published Panthères et pirates : Des Afro-Américains entre lutte des classes et Black Power, a book […]

By Sophie Joubert
| September 8, 2022

Books

Miguel Bonnefoy: The Winemaker’s Son, the Pilot, and the Revolutionary

Born in France to a Venezuelan diplomat mother and a Chilean father, Miguel Bonnefoy has built a literary oeuvre combining stories and adventure novels. […]