Philippe Forest facing “the religion of resilience”
Philippe Forest, academic and novelist, has written extensively on literature. His first essay, which dates from 1992, is devoted to Philippe Sollers. Three years later, … Read more
Essayist
Revenge according to PD James
Phyllis Dorothy James, like Boris Vian, Clarice Lispector and Gabrielle Wittkop would have been 100 this year, if she had not died in 2014. To … Read more
“The you and the you”, pronouns of the distance
“An old friend becomes President of the Republic: would I continue to tell him you?” This good question appears in the book of Etienne Kern, … Read more
Symbolic mother, within everyone’s reach
From the historian, feminist and lesbian, romantic relationships between women, one could expect strong support for assisted reproduction for all, and even surrogacy. It is … Read more
Donna Haraway, evolution from nature
Little known in France (perhaps because of the difficulty of translating its style and its many neologisms?), Donna Haraway, philosopher and biologist, is the author … Read more
Kassel Jaeger, the swamp goldsmith – Culture / Next
How many sonic particles separate the sound of a fine rain falling in a puddle, a calm morning in the heart of winter, from a … Read more
From one revolution of manners to another
Is sexual freedom greater today than when Siri Hustvedt was young? This is one of the questions asked by François Busnel to the author of … Read more