In Conversation with Antoine Compagnon
Antoine Compagnon, professor at Columbia and member of the Académie française, on his journey from science to literature, Proust, digital reading, and his summers with great authors.
Invitation au Voyage
Odysseus is a Woman—Interview with Cargo Club Founder Catherine Domain on the Île Saint-Louis
Catherine Domain, founder of the Ulysse bookstore on the Île Saint-Louis, on travel, literature, freedom, and the art of living without compromise.
Journeys Home, by Virginie Greene
After thirty-six years in the United States, a Harvard professor returns to the Vosges. What follows is an unexpected journey—not between continents, but through the concentric circles of a world measured by footsteps.
Leaving to Grow
From Monaco to Cambridge: Harvard student-athlete Giulia Viacava on the crossing—the arrival, the roommates, the dining hall, the pools, the 5:30 a.m. mornings, and everything you discover about yourself when you trade the familiar for what becomes home.
Trump 2.0: Navigating the New Political Landscape
Essayist and scholar of American democracy, Seth David Radwell traces the rise of MAGA populism back to a founding conflict: who truly governs, in whose name, and to what end?
Women’s Health: Assessment and Key Issues
Jeanne Theuret, entrepreneur and co-founder of a women’s health clinic, exposes the blind spots of a medical system long shaped by and for men — and sketches the outlines of a more equitable practice
A Musical Conversation With Nour Ayadi, International Pianist
Moroccan pianist trained in Paris, Brussels, and Casablanca, Nour Ayadi reflects on her intimate relationship with the piano, the depth of the classical repertoire, and the delicate art of interpretation.
Annie Ernaux: Saving the World of Yesterday
How can one speak the irreversible — do justice to the past without betraying it? Drawing on Annie Ernaux’s works and journals, Harvard student Anna R. Gamburd explores the gestures of writing that preserve. A nuanced analysis, praised by the author herself, where literature, memory, and cinema intertwine.
Unpacking “Pluralism” in African Literature
Prosper Batariwah, lawyer and Harvard graduate, offers a sharp reflection on the layered forms of African identity and how literature has captured them — from the writers of the Négritude movement to today’s queer voices.
Who Are You Supposed to Be?
Through a sunlit summer memory in France, Franco-American jazz singer Madeleine Peyroux retraces a formative exchange — between uncle and nephew, mentor and disciple, jazz and life. A story at the crossroads of coming-of-age and identity, where music becomes a way of becoming oneself.