Tag Archives: France

Maurice Blanchot: Theorist of the Diary

While researching for my next book on diaries in French literature, I found that Maurice Blanchot — reputedly hostile to all things biographical — is actually one of the most important and insightful writers on the diary. Continue reading

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Private Writing, Political Action: Written AIDS Testimony in France, 1986–1993

How private writing became a political act for people living with AIDS in France in the 1980s. Continue reading

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