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Books Briefing
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Maya Chung
May 9, 2025
Books
The Writer Who Understood Aloneness
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Books
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Global
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Ideas
Europe Can’t Trust the U.S. Anymore
Eliot A. Cohen
March 10, 2025
Global
Trump Is Nero While Washington Burns
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Culture
The Rise of the Anti-Fan
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Books
A Novel That Disrupts a Fundamental Law of the Universe
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Culture
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Culture
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October 3, 2024
Ideas
Democrats Need to Be More French
Thomas Chatterton Williams
July 9, 2024
Global
How Macron Lost France to the Extremes
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July 5, 2024
The Wonder Reader
The Power of Hearing Family Stories
Isabel Fattal
May 18, 2024
Books
A Family Story About Colonialism and Its Aftereffects
Tope Folarin
May 13, 2024
Science
A Uniquely French Approach to Environmentalism
Jess McHugh
April 30, 2024
Ideas
Dystopian Fiction Becomes Reality in France
Thomas Chatterton Williams
July 6, 2023
Planet
French People Are Fighting Over Giant Pools of Water
Marion Renault
June 7, 2023
Letters
‘Joe Biden’s Show Lacks Entertainment Value’
May 2023 Issue
Global
The French Are in a Panic Over
le Wokisme
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March 2023 Issue
Ideas
Why the French Want to Stop Working
Pamela Druckerman
January 25, 2023
Ideas
How the French Do Christmas
Thomas Chatterton Williams
December 24, 2022
World Cup: The Great Game
The Ultimate Postcolonial Derby
Laurent Dubois
December 14, 2022
Ideas
The Politically Charged Murder Shaking Paris
Thomas Chatterton Williams
October 22, 2022
Ideas
Where France Differs on Abortion
Pamela Druckerman
June 30, 2022
Global
A Macron Victory Isn’t Enough
Tom McTague
April 22, 2022
Ideas
Why Marine Le Pen Is So Close to Power
Yascha Mounk
April 21, 2022
Ideas
Just How Frightening Is France’s New Right?
Thomas Chatterton Williams
December 9, 2021
Global
Why Is France So Afraid of God?
Rachel Donadio
December 2021 Issue
Global
The Trump Playbook Hits France
Yasmeen Serhan
October 27, 2021
Global
Why Britain and France Hate Each Other
Tom McTague
September 24, 2021
Washington Diary
France Is Mad
David Frum
September 17, 2021
Global
The Vaccine-Hesitant Man of Europe
Yasmeen Serhan
March 18, 2021
Global
France Knows How This Ends
James McAuley
January 19, 2021
Ideas
France Is About to Become Less Free
Mira Kamdar
November 24, 2020
Ideas
Why I’m Glad I Left America
Mira Kamdar
October 14, 2020
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