A language is said to die when it stops evolving. Is it the same for a society? A country? A continent? If so, take heart: our era is alive and well! Demonstrations, uprising, collective upheavals, individual awareness, changing mores... The movement is constant, difficult to capture, and, at times, terrifying. Far from fantasies, we tell the intimate story of these upheavals.
After The Revolution, Now What?
Now dare to call me crazy
Health crisis, political crisis. Existential crisis. Everything is fine in Sao Paulo. To save the country from chaos, she must kill her grandmother. Acid chronicles from the Latin American country most affected by the coronavirus crisis.
A Wilderness of Salt: An American Abroad Watches US Politics
From London, where she has lived for several years, Emily Ochoa sees her country embrace a destiny she did not imagine.
The homeboys of Saint-Michel: discovering another side of Montreal
Summer 2023. In author's residence, Karim, originally Parisian, discovers the contrasting realities of Saint Michel, a district in the east of Montreal. Paradoxical dive between mimicry of US gangsterism and - apparently - pacified relations with the police.
All the languages I speak belong to me
Diadié is often asked if, in the near future, he plans to write entire novels in Soninke or Bambara. A question that puzzles him. And what if French was not just a language of writing after all?
I didn’t know what “Allah Akbar” meant, either
Why is learning Arabic important today in France? Take me as an example: learning Arabic has not only made me aware of the French bias that I grew up with, but it has made me more empathetic.